#BCB8CE#BCB8CE

#BCB8CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.031 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8CE
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(251, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 5.63, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 11.97, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0127 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.031 294)
XYZ	xyz(49.0179, 49.4284, 65.3388)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8CE #CACEB8

analogous

#B8BFCE #BCB8CE #C7B8CE

triadic

#BCB8CE #CEBCB8 #B8CEBC

tetradic

#BCB8CE #CEB8BF #CACEB8 #B8CEC7

square

#BCB8CE #CEB8BF #CACEB8 #B8CEC7

split-complementary

#BCB8CE #CEC7B8 #BFCEB8

monochromatic

#78709C #9A94B5 #BCB8CE #DEDCE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BCB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8CE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8CE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.031 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cddd',
    500: '#bcb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ce;
$custom-light: #d0cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79276,
    "c": 0.03108,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.49429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9D498D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8CE

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

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