#BCB8D0#BCB8D0

#BCB8D0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.034 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8D0
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(250, 20%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 6.04, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 13.04, 297.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% 0.0134 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.034 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2624, 49.5262, 66.6265)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8D0 #CCD0B8

analogous

#B8C0D0 #BCB8D0 #C8B8D0

triadic

#BCB8D0 #D0BCB8 #B8D0BC

tetradic

#BCB8D0 #D0B8C0 #CCD0B8 #B8D0C8

square

#BCB8D0 #D0B8C0 #CCD0B8 #B8D0C8

split-complementary

#BCB8D0 #D0C8B8 #C0D0B8

monochromatic

#776E9F #9993B8 #BCB8D0 #DFDDE8 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BCB8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8D0

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8D0	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.034 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdde',
    500: '#bcb8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8d0;
$custom-light: #d0cdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 20.339,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79343,
    "c": 0.03387,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8D0

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9F4790

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8D0

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

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