#BCB6C4#BCB6C4

#BCB6C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.021 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6C4
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 196)
HSL	hsl(266, 11%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 7%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 4.74, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 7.90, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0119 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.021 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4291, 48.1328, 59.0058)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6C4 #BEC4B6

analogous

#B6B7C4 #BCB6C4 #C3B6C4

triadic

#BCB6C4 #C4BCB6 #B6C4BC

tetradic

#BCB6C4 #C4B6B7 #BEC4B6 #B6C4C3

square

#BCB6C4 #C4B6B7 #BEC4B6 #B6C4C3

split-complementary

#BCB6C4 #C4C3B6 #B7C4B6

monochromatic

#7E728D #9D94A9 #BCB6C4 #DBD8DF #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCB6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6C4

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6C4	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.021 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd5',
    500: '#bcb6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6c4;
$custom-light: #d0cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 10.606,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78547,
    "c": 0.02063,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6C4

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#955178

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6C4

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

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