#BCB0C6#BCB0C6

#BCB0C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.034 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0C6
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 198)
HSL	hsl(273, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 8.39, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 12.76, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0215 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.034 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4557, 45.8194, 59.8118)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0C6 #BAC6B0

analogous

#B1B0C6 #BCB0C6 #C6B0C5

triadic

#BCB0C6 #C6BCB0 #B0C6BC

tetradic

#BCB0C6 #C6B1B0 #BAC6B0 #B0C5C6

square

#BCB0C6 #C6B1B0 #BAC6B0 #B0C5C6

split-complementary

#BCB0C6 #C5C6B0 #B0C6B1

monochromatic

#806992 #9E8CAC #BCB0C6 #DAD4E0 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB0C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB0C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0C6

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0C6	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.034 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d7',
    500: '#bcb0c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0c6;
$custom-light: #d0c7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 16.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7741,
    "c": 0.03353,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0C6

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9A4B6F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0C6

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

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