#BCB4CB#BCB4CB

#BCB4CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.033 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4CB
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 7.20, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 12.81, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% 0.0174 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.033 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8378, 47.6457, 63.1647)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4CB #C3CBB4

analogous

#B4B7CB #BCB4CB #C7B4CB

triadic

#BCB4CB #CBBCB4 #B4CBBC

tetradic

#BCB4CB #CBB4B7 #C3CBB4 #B4CBC7

square

#BCB4CB #CBB4B7 #C3CBB4 #B4CBC7

split-complementary

#BCB4CB #CBC7B4 #B7CBB4

monochromatic

#7B6C99 #9C90B2 #BCB4CB #DCD8E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4CB

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4CB	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.033 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cada',
    500: '#bcb4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4cb;
$custom-light: #d0cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 18.11,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.03335,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C497F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4CB

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

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