#BCB4C8#BCB4C8

#BCB4C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.029 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4C8
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(264, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 6.61, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 11.24, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.0163 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.029 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4838, 47.5041, 61.3000)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4C8 #C0C8B4

analogous

#B4B6C8 #BCB4C8 #C6B4C8

triadic

#BCB4C8 #C8BCB4 #B4C8BC

tetradic

#BCB4C8 #C8B4B6 #C0C8B4 #B4C8C6

square

#BCB4C8 #C8B4B6 #C0C8B4 #B4C8C6

split-complementary

#BCB4C8 #C8C6B4 #B6C8B4

monochromatic

#7D6D94 #9C91AE #BCB4C8 #DCD7E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4C8

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4C8	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.029 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad8',
    500: '#bcb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4c8;
$custom-light: #d0cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.02931,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4C7B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4C8

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

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