#BCB7CB#BCB7CB

#BCB7CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.028 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7CB
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(255, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, 5.57, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 10.97, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.013 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.028 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4500, 48.8700, 63.3687)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7CB #C6CBB7

analogous

#B7BCCB #BCB7CB #C6B7CB

triadic

#BCB7CB #CBBCB7 #B7CBBC

tetradic

#BCB7CB #CBB7BC #C6CBB7 #B7CBC6

square

#BCB7CB #CBB7BC #C6CBB7 #B7CBC6

split-complementary

#BCB7CB #CBC6B7 #BCCBB7

monochromatic

#7A7098 #9B93B1 #BCB7CB #DDDBE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCB7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7CB

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7CB	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.028 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccda',
    500: '#bcb7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7cb;
$custom-light: #d0ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.02848,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4B87

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7CB

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

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