#BCB4CF#BCB4CF

#BCB4CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.039 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4CF
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(258, 22%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 8.01, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 14.92, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0188 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.039 299)
XYZ	xyz(48.3206, 47.8388, 65.7075)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4CF #C7CFB4

analogous

#B4B9CF #BCB4CF #C9B4CF

triadic

#BCB4CF #CFBCB4 #B4CFBC

tetradic

#BCB4CF #CFB4B9 #C7CFB4 #B4CFC9

square

#BCB4CF #CFB4B9 #C7CFB4 #B4CFC9

split-complementary

#BCB4CF #CFC9B4 #B9CFB4

monochromatic

#79699F #9B8FB7 #BCB4CF #DDD9E7 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCB4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4CF

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4CF	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.039 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cadd',
    500: '#bcb4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4cf;
$custom-light: #d0cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7851,
    "c": 0.0388,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.47839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4CF

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04585

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4CF

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

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