#BCB6CF#BCB6CF

#BCB6CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.036 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6CF
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(254, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 6.92, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 13.70, 300.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0159 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.036 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7273, 48.6521, 65.8431)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6CF #C9CFB6

analogous

#B6BDCF #BCB6CF #C9B6CF

triadic

#BCB6CF #CFBCB6 #B6CFBC

tetradic

#BCB6CF #CFB6BD #C9CFB6 #B6CFC9

square

#BCB6CF #CFB6BD #C9CFB6 #B6CFC9

split-complementary

#BCB6CF #CFC9B6 #BDCFB6

monochromatic

#786C9E #9A91B7 #BCB6CF #DEDBE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCB6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6CF

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6CF	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.036 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdd',
    500: '#bcb6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6cf;
$custom-light: #d0cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 20.661,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78909,
    "c": 0.0356,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6CF

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F468A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6CF

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

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