#BCB5CD#BCB5CD

#BCB5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.034 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5CD
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 7.06, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 13.25, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0167 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.034 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2803, 48.1468, 64.4955)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5CD #C6CDB5

analogous

#B5BACD #BCB5CD #C8B5CD

triadic

#BCB5CD #CDBCB5 #B5CDBC

tetradic

#BCB5CD #CDB5BA #C6CDB5 #B5CDC8

square

#BCB5CD #CDB5BA #C6CDB5 #B5CDC8

split-complementary

#BCB5CD #CDC8B5 #BACDB5

monochromatic

#7A6C9C #9B90B4 #BCB5CD #DDDAE6 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5CD

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5CD	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.034 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdc',
    500: '#bcb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5cd;
$custom-light: #d0cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.03444,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4885

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5CD

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

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