#BCB6CA#BCB6CA

#BCB6CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6CA
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(258, 16%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, 5.92, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 11.05, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% 0.0141 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1257, 48.4115, 62.6746)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6CA #C4CAB6

analogous

#B6BACA #BCB6CA #C6B6CA

triadic

#BCB6CA #CABCB6 #B6CABC

tetradic

#BCB6CA #CAB6BA #C4CAB6 #B6CAC6

square

#BCB6CA #CAB6BA #C4CAB6 #B6CAC6

split-complementary

#BCB6CA #CAC6B6 #BACAB6

monochromatic

#7B6F97 #9B93B0 #BCB6CA #DDD9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCB6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6CA

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6CA	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbda',
    500: '#bcb6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6ca;
$custom-light: #d0cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78741,
    "c": 0.02872,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4B82

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6CA

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

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