#BCB8CA#BCB8CA

#BCB8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.026 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8CA
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, 4.83, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 9.83, 299.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% 0.0112 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.026 296)
XYZ	xyz(48.5382, 49.2365, 62.8121)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8CA #C6CAB8

analogous

#B8BDCA #BCB8CA #C5B8CA

triadic

#BCB8CA #CABCB8 #B8CABC

tetradic

#BCB8CA #CAB8BD #C6CAB8 #B8CAC5

square

#BCB8CA #CAB8BD #C6CAB8 #B8CAC5

split-complementary

#BCB8CA #CAC5B8 #BDCAB8

monochromatic

#7A7296 #9B95B0 #BCB8CA #DDDBE4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BCB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8CA

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8CA	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.026 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdda',
    500: '#bcb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ca;
$custom-light: #d0cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79144,
    "c": 0.02553,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.49237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#994D88

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8CA

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

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