#BCB8CC#BCB8CC

#BCB8CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.028 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8CC
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(252, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, 5.23, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 10.90, 298.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% 0.0119 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.028 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7765, 49.3318, 64.0673)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8CC #C8CCB8

analogous

#B8BECC #BCB8CC #C6B8CC

triadic

#BCB8CC #CCBCB8 #B8CCBC

tetradic

#BCB8CC #CCB8BE #C8CCB8 #B8CCC6

square

#BCB8CC #CCB8BE #C8CCB8 #B8CCC6

split-complementary

#BCB8CC #CCC6B8 #BECCB8

monochromatic

#797199 #9A94B2 #BCB8CC #DEDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8CC

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8CC	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.028 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cddb',
    500: '#bcb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8cc;
$custom-light: #d0cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 16.393,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79209,
    "c": 0.0283,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8CC

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9B4B8B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8CC

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

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