#BCB4CD#BCB4CD

#BCB4CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.036 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4CD
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 7.60, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 13.86, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0181 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.036 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0777, 47.7416, 64.4280)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4CD #C5CDB4

analogous

#B4B8CD #BCB4CD #C8B4CD

triadic

#BCB4CD #CDBCB4 #B4CDBC

tetradic

#BCB4CD #CDB4B8 #C5CDB4 #B4CDC8

square

#BCB4CD #CDB4B8 #C5CDB4 #B4CDC8

split-complementary

#BCB4CD #CDC8B4 #B8CDB4

monochromatic

#7A6B9C #9B8FB5 #BCB4CD #DDD9E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4CD

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4CD	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.036 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cadc',
    500: '#bcb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4cd;
$custom-light: #d0cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78442,
    "c": 0.03606,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4782

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4CD

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

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