#BCB8CF#BCB8CF

#BCB8CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.032 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8CF
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(250, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 5.84, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 12.51, 297.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.013 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.032 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1398, 49.4772, 65.9806)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8CF #CBCFB8

analogous

#B8C0CF #BCB8CF #C8B8CF

triadic

#BCB8CF #CFBCB8 #B8CFBC

tetradic

#BCB8CF #CFB8C0 #CBCFB8 #B8CFC8

square

#BCB8CF #CFB8C0 #CBCFB8 #B8CFC8

split-complementary

#BCB8CF #CFC8B8 #C0CFB8

monochromatic

#776F9E #9A93B6 #BCB8CF #DEDDE8 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCB8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8CF

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8CF	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.032 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cddd',
    500: '#bcb8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8cf;
$custom-light: #d0cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 19.328,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79309,
    "c": 0.03247,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8CF

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9E488F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8CF

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

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