#BCB7CA#BCB7CA

#BCB7CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.027 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7CA
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, 5.38, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 10.44, 301.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0127 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.027 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3312, 48.8225, 62.7431)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7CA #C5CAB7

analogous

#B7BBCA #BCB7CA #C5B7CA

triadic

#BCB7CA #CABCB7 #B7CABC

tetradic

#BCB7CA #CAB7BB #C5CAB7 #B7CAC5

square

#BCB7CA #CAB7BB #C5CAB7 #B7CAC5

split-complementary

#BCB7CA #CAC5B7 #BBCAB7

monochromatic

#7A7096 #9B94B0 #BCB7CA #DDDAE4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCB7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7CA

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7CA	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.027 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccda',
    500: '#bcb7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7ca;
$custom-light: #d0ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 15.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78942,
    "c": 0.02711,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#994C85

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7CA

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

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