#BCB4CA#BCB4CA

#BCB4CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.032 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4CA
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 7.00, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 12.28, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.017 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.032 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7190, 47.5982, 62.5391)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4CA #C2CAB4

analogous

#B4B7CA #BCB4CA #C7B4CA

triadic

#BCB4CA #CABCB4 #B4CABC

tetradic

#BCB4CA #CAB4B7 #C2CAB4 #B4CAC7

square

#BCB4CA #CAB4B7 #C2CAB4 #B4CAC7

split-complementary

#BCB4CA #CAC7B4 #B7CAB4

monochromatic

#7C6C97 #9C90B1 #BCB4CA #DCD8E3 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCB4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4CA

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4CA	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.032 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cada',
    500: '#bcb4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4ca;
$custom-light: #d0cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 17.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78341,
    "c": 0.032,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9B4A7E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4CA

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

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