#BCB6CB#BCB6CB

#BCB6CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.030 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6CB
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(257, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 6.12, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 11.58, 301.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0145 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.03 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2445, 48.4590, 63.3002)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6CB #C5CBB6

analogous

#B6BACB #BCB6CB #C6B6CB

triadic

#BCB6CB #CBBCB6 #B6CBBC

tetradic

#BCB6CB #CBB6BA #C5CBB6 #B6CBC6

square

#BCB6CB #CBB6BA #C5CBB6 #B6CBC6

split-complementary

#BCB6CB #CBC6B6 #BACBB6

monochromatic

#7A6F98 #9B92B2 #BCB6CB #DDDAE4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCB6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6CB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6CB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.030 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbda',
    500: '#bcb6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6cb;
$custom-light: #d0cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 16.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78775,
    "c": 0.03009,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9B4A84

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6CB

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

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