#BCB9CB#BCB9CB

#BCB9CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.025 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9CB
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(250, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 4.49, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 9.77, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% 0.0101 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.025 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8654, 49.7009, 63.5072)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9CB #C8CBB9

analogous

#B9BFCB #BCB9CB #C5B9CB

triadic

#BCB9CB #CBBCB9 #B9CBBC

tetradic

#BCB9CB #CBB9BF #C8CBB9 #B9CBC5

square

#BCB9CB #CBB9BF #C8CBB9 #B9CBC5

split-complementary

#BCB9CB #CBC5B9 #BFCBB9

monochromatic

#797397 #9A96B1 #BCB9CB #DEDCE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9CB

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9CB	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.025 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceda',
    500: '#bcb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9cb;
$custom-light: #d0ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79378,
    "c": 0.02537,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#994D8C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9CB

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

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