#BCB4CE#BCB4CE

#BCB4CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.037 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4CE
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 7.81, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 14.39, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0185 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.037 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1988, 47.7901, 65.0657)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4CE #C6CEB4

analogous

#B4B9CE #BCB4CE #C9B4CE

triadic

#BCB4CE #CEBCB4 #B4CEBC

tetradic

#BCB4CE #CEB4B9 #C6CEB4 #B4CEC9

square

#BCB4CE #CEB4B9 #C6CEB4 #B4CEC9

split-complementary

#BCB4CE #CEC9B4 #B9CEB4

monochromatic

#7A6A9E #9B8FB6 #BCB4CE #DDD9E6 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4CE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4CE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.037 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cadd',
    500: '#bcb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4ce;
$custom-light: #d0cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78476,
    "c": 0.03743,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4684

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4CE

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

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