#BCB7CD#BCB7CD

#BCB7CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.031 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7CD
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 5.98, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 12.03, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0137 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.031 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6899, 48.9660, 64.6320)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7CD #C8CDB7

analogous

#B7BDCD #BCB7CD #C7B7CD

triadic

#BCB7CD #CDBCB7 #B7CDBC

tetradic

#BCB7CD #CDB7BD #C8CDB7 #B7CDC7

square

#BCB7CD #CDB7BD #C8CDB7 #B7CDC7

split-complementary

#BCB7CD #CDC7B7 #BDCDB7

monochromatic

#796F9B #9A93B4 #BCB7CD #DEDBE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCB7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7CD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7CD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.031 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccdc',
    500: '#bcb7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7cd;
$custom-light: #d0ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 18.033,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79042,
    "c": 0.03125,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4989

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7CD

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

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