#BCBAC5#BCBAC5

#BCBAC5 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.015 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAC5
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 197)
HSL	hsl(251, 9%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 6%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 2.78, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 5.98, 297.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0064 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.016 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3742, 49.8403, 59.8842)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAC5 #C3C5BA

analogous

#BABEC5 #BCBAC5 #C1BAC5

triadic

#BCBAC5 #C5BCBA #BAC5BC

tetradic

#BCBAC5 #C5BABE #C3C5BA #BAC5C1

square

#BCBAC5 #C5BABE #C3C5BA #BAC5C1

split-complementary

#BCBAC5 #C5C1BA #BEC5BA

monochromatic

#7B778D #9C99A9 #BCBAC5 #DCDBE1 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BCBAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAC5

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAC5	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.015 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced6',
    500: '#bcbac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbac5;
$custom-light: #d0ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79388,
    "c": 0.0155,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAC5

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#935387

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAC5

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

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