#BCB8CD#BCB8CD

#BCB8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.030 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8CD
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, 5.43, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 11.44, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0123 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.03 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8968, 49.3800, 64.7010)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8CD #C9CDB8

analogous

#B8BFCD #BCB8CD #C7B8CD

triadic

#BCB8CD #CDBCB8 #B8CDBC

tetradic

#BCB8CD #CDB8BF #C9CDB8 #B8CDC7

square

#BCB8CD #CDB8BF #C9CDB8 #B8CDC7

split-complementary

#BCB8CD #CDC7B8 #BFCDB8

monochromatic

#78709A #9A94B4 #BCB8CD #DEDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BCB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8CD

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8CD	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.030 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cddc',
    500: '#bcb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8cd;
$custom-light: #d0cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79243,
    "c": 0.02969,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4A8C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8CD

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

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