#BCB6CE#BCB6CE

#BCB6CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.034 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6CE
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 6.72, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 13.17, 300.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0156 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.034 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6054, 48.6034, 65.2013)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6CE #C8CEB6

analogous

#B6BCCE #BCB6CE #C8B6CE

triadic

#BCB6CE #CEBCB6 #B6CEBC

tetradic

#BCB6CE #CEB6BC #C8CEB6 #B6CEC8

square

#BCB6CE #CEB6BC #C8CEB6 #B6CEC8

split-complementary

#BCB6CE #CEC8B6 #BCCEB6

monochromatic

#796D9D #9A91B5 #BCB6CE #DEDBE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6CE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6CE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.034 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdd',
    500: '#bcb6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6ce;
$custom-light: #d0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 19.672,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.03421,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4788

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6CE

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

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