#BCB8CB#BCB8CB

#BCB8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.027 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8CB
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 5.03, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 10.37, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0116 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.027 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6570, 49.2840, 63.4377)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8CB #C7CBB8

analogous

#B8BDCB #BCB8CB #C5B8CB

triadic

#BCB8CB #CBBCB8 #B8CBBC

tetradic

#BCB8CB #CBB8BD #C7CBB8 #B8CBC5

square

#BCB8CB #CBB8BD #C7CBB8 #B8CBC5

split-complementary

#BCB8CB #CBC5B8 #BDCBB8

monochromatic

#797197 #9B95B1 #BCB8CB #DDDBE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8CB

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8CB	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.027 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdda',
    500: '#bcb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8cb;
$custom-light: #d0cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79176,
    "c": 0.02692,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4C89

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8CB

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

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