#BCB4CC#BCB4CC

#BCB4CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.035 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4CC
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(260, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 7.40, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 13.34, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0178 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.035 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9574, 47.6935, 63.7943)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4CC #C4CCB4

analogous

#B4B8CC #BCB4CC #C8B4CC

triadic

#BCB4CC #CCBCB4 #B4CCBC

tetradic

#BCB4CC #CCB4B8 #C4CCB4 #B4CCC8

square

#BCB4CC #CCB4B8 #C4CCB4 #B4CCC8

split-complementary

#BCB4CC #CCC8B4 #B8CCB4

monochromatic

#7B6B9A #9B90B3 #BCB4CC #DDD8E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BCB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4CC

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4CC	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.035 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cadb',
    500: '#bcb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4cc;
$custom-light: #d0cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78408,
    "c": 0.03471,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4881

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4CC

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

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