#BCB5CA#BCB5CA

#BCB5CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.030 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5CA
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(260, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, 6.46, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 11.66, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0156 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.03 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9216, 48.0034, 62.6066)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5CA #C3CAB5

analogous

#B5B9CA #BCB5CA #C6B5CA

triadic

#BCB5CA #CABCB5 #B5CABC

tetradic

#BCB5CA #CAB5B9 #C3CAB5 #B5CAC6

square

#BCB5CA #CAB5B9 #C3CAB5 #B5CAC6

split-complementary

#BCB5CA #CAC6B5 #B9CAB5

monochromatic

#7B6E97 #9C91B0 #BCB5CA #DCD9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5CA

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5CA	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.030 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbda',
    500: '#bcb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5ca;
$custom-light: #d0cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 16.535,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78541,
    "c": 0.03035,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5CA

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B80

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5CA

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

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