#BCB5CE#BCB5CE

#BCB5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.036 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5CE
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(257, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, 7.26, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 13.78, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.017 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.036 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4014, 48.1953, 65.1333)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5CE #C7CEB5

analogous

#B5BACE #BCB5CE #C8B5CE

triadic

#BCB5CE #CEBCB5 #B5CEBC

tetradic

#BCB5CE #CEB5BA #C7CEB5 #B5CEC8

square

#BCB5CE #CEB5BA #C7CEB5 #B5CEC8

split-complementary

#BCB5CE #CEC8B5 #BACEB5

monochromatic

#796B9D #9B90B6 #BCB5CE #DDDAE6 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5CE

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5CE	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.036 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdd',
    500: '#bcb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5ce;
$custom-light: #d0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.03581,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4786

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5CE

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

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