#BCB7C8#BCB7C8

#BCB7C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.024 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7C8
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 4.98, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 9.38, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0119 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.024 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0959, 48.7284, 61.5041)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7C8 #C3C8B7

analogous

#B7BAC8 #BCB7C8 #C4B7C8

triadic

#BCB7C8 #C8BCB7 #B7C8BC

tetradic

#BCB7C8 #C8B7BA #C3C8B7 #B7C8C4

square

#BCB7C8 #C8B7BA #C3C8B7 #B7C8C4

split-complementary

#BCB7C8 #C8C4B7 #BAC8B7

monochromatic

#7B7293 #9C94AD #BCB7C8 #DCDAE3 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCB7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7C8

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7C8	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.024 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd8',
    500: '#bcb7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7c8;
$custom-light: #d0ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 13.386,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78877,
    "c": 0.02437,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#984E82

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7C8

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

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