#BCB4C4#BCB4C4

#BCB4C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.024 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4C4
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 196)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 8%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 5.82, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 9.17, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% 0.0148 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.024 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0224, 47.3195, 58.8702)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4C4 #BCC4B4

analogous

#B4B4C4 #BCB4C4 #C4B4C4

triadic

#BCB4C4 #C4BCB4 #B4C4BC

tetradic

#BCB4C4 #C4B4B4 #BCC4B4 #B4C4C4

square

#BCB4C4 #C4B4B4 #BCC4B4 #B4C4C4

split-complementary

#BCB4C4 #C4C4B4 #B4C4B4

monochromatic

#7F708E #9D92A9 #BCB4C4 #DBD6DF #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCB4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4C4

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4C4	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.024 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad5',
    500: '#bcb4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4c4;
$custom-light: #d0cad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.94,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78144,
    "c": 0.02402,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4C4

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#964F73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4C4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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