#BCB9CA#BCB9CA

#BCB9CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.024 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9CA
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 14%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 4.30, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 9.24, 297.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0097 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.024 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7467, 49.6534, 62.8816)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9CA #C7CAB9

analogous

#B9BECA #BCB9CA #C4B9CA

triadic

#BCB9CA #CABCB9 #B9CABC

tetradic

#BCB9CA #CAB9BE #C7CAB9 #B9CAC4

square

#BCB9CA #CAB9BE #C7CAB9 #B9CAC4

split-complementary

#BCB9CA #CAC4B9 #BECAB9

monochromatic

#797395 #9B96B0 #BCB9CA #DDDCE4 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9CA

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9CA	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.024 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceda',
    500: '#bcb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ca;
$custom-light: #d0ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79345,
    "c": 0.02398,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984E8B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9CA

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

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