#BCB5CF#BCB5CF

#BCB5CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.037 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5CF
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(256, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 7.46, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 14.31, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0174 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.037 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5232, 48.2440, 65.7751)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5CF #C8CFB5

analogous

#B5BBCF #BCB5CF #C9B5CF

triadic

#BCB5CF #CFBCB5 #B5CFBC

tetradic

#BCB5CF #CFB5BB #C8CFB5 #B5CFC9

square

#BCB5CF #CFB5BB #C8CFB5 #B5CFC9

split-complementary

#BCB5CF #CFC9B5 #BBCFB5

monochromatic

#796B9F #9A90B7 #BCB5CF #DEDAE7 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5CF

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5CF	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.037 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdd',
    500: '#bcb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5cf;
$custom-light: #d0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.03719,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5CF

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04688

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5CF

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

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