#BCB5CB#BCB5CB

#BCB5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.032 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5CB
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(259, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 6.66, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 12.19, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0159 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.032 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0404, 48.0509, 63.2322)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5CB #C4CBB5

analogous

#B5B9CB #BCB5CB #C7B5CB

triadic

#BCB5CB #CBBCB5 #B5CBBC

tetradic

#BCB5CB #CBB5B9 #C4CBB5 #B5CBC7

square

#BCB5CB #CBB5B9 #C4CBB5 #B5CBC7

split-complementary

#BCB5CB #CBC7B5 #B9CBB5

monochromatic

#7B6D98 #9B91B2 #BCB5CB #DDD9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5CB

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5CB	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.032 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbda',
    500: '#bcb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5cb;
$custom-light: #d0cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.03171,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5CB

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4A82

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5CB

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

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