#BCB9C8#BCB9C8

#BCB9C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.021 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9C8
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, 3.90, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 8.17, 298.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.009 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.021 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5114, 49.5593, 61.6426)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9C8 #C5C8B9

analogous

#B9BDC8 #BCB9C8 #C3B9C8

triadic

#BCB9C8 #C8BCB9 #B9C8BC

tetradic

#BCB9C8 #C8B9BD #C5C8B9 #B9C8C3

square

#BCB9C8 #C8B9BD #C5C8B9 #B9C8C3

split-complementary

#BCB9C8 #C8C3B9 #BDC8B9

monochromatic

#7A7492 #9B97AD #BCB9C8 #DDDBE3 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BCB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9C8

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9C8	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.021 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced8',
    500: '#bcb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9c8;
$custom-light: #d0ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79281,
    "c": 0.0212,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#964F88

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9C8

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

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