#BCB6D2#BCB6D2

#BCB6D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.040 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6D2
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 210)
HSL	hsl(253, 24%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 7.53, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 15.30, 299.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.017 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.04 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0975, 48.8002, 67.7931)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6D2 #CCD2B6

analogous

#B6BED2 #BCB6D2 #CAB6D2

triadic

#BCB6D2 #D2BCB6 #B6D2BC

tetradic

#BCB6D2 #D2B6BE #CCD2B6 #B6D2CA

square

#BCB6D2 #D2B6BE #CCD2B6 #B6D2CA

split-complementary

#BCB6D2 #D2CAB6 #BED2B6

monochromatic

#776AA3 #9990BB #BCB6D2 #DFDCE9 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB6D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCB6D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6D2

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6D2	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.040 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdf',
    500: '#bcb6d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6d2;
$custom-light: #d0cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 23.729,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79012,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6D2

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A2438E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6D2

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

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