#BCB6CC#BCB6CC

#BCB6CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.031 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6CC
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(256, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, 6.32, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 12.11, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0148 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.031 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3640, 48.5068, 63.9298)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6CC #C6CCB6

analogous

#B6BBCC #BCB6CC #C7B6CC

triadic

#BCB6CC #CCBCB6 #B6CCBC

tetradic

#BCB6CC #CCB6BB #C6CCB6 #B6CCC7

square

#BCB6CC #CCB6BB #C6CCB6 #B6CCC7

split-complementary

#BCB6CC #CCC7B6 #BBCCB6

monochromatic

#7A6E9A #9B92B3 #BCB6CC #DDDAE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCB6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6CC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6CC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.031 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdb',
    500: '#bcb6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6cc;
$custom-light: #d0cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 17.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78808,
    "c": 0.03146,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4986

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6CC

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

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