#BCB6D0#BCB6D0

#BCB6D0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.037 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6D0
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 208)
HSL	hsl(254, 22%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, 7.12, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 14.24, 300.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0163 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.037 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8499, 48.7012, 66.4890)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6D0 #CAD0B6

analogous

#B6BDD0 #BCB6D0 #C9B6D0

triadic

#BCB6D0 #D0BCB6 #B6D0BC

tetradic

#BCB6D0 #D0B6BD #CAD0B6 #B6D0C9

square

#BCB6D0 #D0B6BD #CAD0B6 #B6D0C9

split-complementary

#BCB6D0 #D0C9B6 #BDD0B6

monochromatic

#786CA0 #9A91B8 #BCB6D0 #DEDBE8 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB6D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCB6D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6D0

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6D0	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.037 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbde',
    500: '#bcb6d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6d0;
$custom-light: #d0cbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 21.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78943,
    "c": 0.03698,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6D0

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#A0458B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6D0

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

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