#BCB2C6#BCB2C6

#BCB2C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.030 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2C6
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 198)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, 7.30, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 11.47, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% 0.0185 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.03 308)
XYZ	xyz(46.8507, 46.6095, 59.9435)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2C6 #BCC6B2

analogous

#B2B2C6 #BCB2C6 #C6B2C6

triadic

#BCB2C6 #C6BCB2 #B2C6BC

tetradic

#BCB2C6 #C6B2B2 #BCC6B2 #B2C6C6

square

#BCB2C6 #C6B2B2 #BCC6B2 #B2C6C6

split-complementary

#BCB2C6 #C6C6B2 #B2C6B2

monochromatic

#7F6C92 #9D8FAC #BCB2C6 #DBD5E0 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCB2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2C6

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2C6	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.030 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d7',
    500: '#bcb2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2c6;
$custom-light: #d0c9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.925,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77808,
    "c": 0.03006,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.46609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2C6

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#994C73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2C6

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

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