#BCB7C2#BCB7C2

#BCB7C2 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.016 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7C2
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 194)
HSL	hsl(267, 8%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 6%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 3.81, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 6.23, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0097 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.016 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4085, 48.4534, 57.8833)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7C2 #BDC2B7

analogous

#B7B8C2 #BCB7C2 #C2B7C2

triadic

#BCB7C2 #C2BCB7 #B7C2BC

tetradic

#BCB7C2 #C2B7B8 #BDC2B7 #B7C2C2

square

#BCB7C2 #C2B7B8 #BDC2B7 #B7C2C2

split-complementary

#BCB7C2 #C2C2B7 #B8C2B7

monochromatic

#7E758A #9D96A6 #BCB7C2 #DBD8DE #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB7C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCB7C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7C2

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7C2	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B9C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.016 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd4',
    500: '#bcb7c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7c2;
$custom-light: #d0ccd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 8.271,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78685,
    "c": 0.0163,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7C2

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#925376

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7C2

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

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