#BCB6C8#BCB6C8

#BCB6C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.026 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6C8
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(260, 14%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 5.52, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 9.99, 303.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0134 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.026 301)
XYZ	xyz(47.8904, 48.3174, 61.4356)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6C8 #C2C8B6

analogous

#B6B9C8 #BCB6C8 #C5B6C8

triadic

#BCB6C8 #C8BCB6 #B6C8BC

tetradic

#BCB6C8 #C8B6B9 #C2C8B6 #B6C8C5

square

#BCB6C8 #C8B6B9 #C2C8B6 #B6C8C5

split-complementary

#BCB6C8 #C8C5B6 #B9C8B6

monochromatic

#7C7093 #9C93AE #BCB6C8 #DCD9E2 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6C8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6C8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.026 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd8',
    500: '#bcb6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6c8;
$custom-light: #d0cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 14.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78676,
    "c": 0.02599,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.48317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#984D7F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6C8

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

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