#BCB5CC#BCB5CC

#BCB5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.033 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5CC
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 6.86, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 12.72, 302.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0163 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.033 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1600, 48.0987, 63.8618)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5CC #C5CCB5

analogous

#B5B9CC #BCB5CC #C7B5CC

triadic

#BCB5CC #CCBCB5 #B5CCBC

tetradic

#BCB5CC #CCB5B9 #C5CCB5 #B5CCC7

square

#BCB5CC #CCB5B9 #C5CCB5 #B5CCC7

split-complementary

#BCB5CC #CCC7B5 #B9CCB5

monochromatic

#7A6D9A #9B91B3 #BCB5CC #DDD9E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5CC

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5CC	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.033 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdb',
    500: '#bcb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5cc;
$custom-light: #d0cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78608,
    "c": 0.03308,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4983

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5CC

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

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