#BCB6DA#BCB6DA

#BCB6DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.051 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6DA
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(250, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(250, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, 9.20, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 19.58, 298.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% 0.0198 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.051 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1192, 49.2089, 73.1739)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6DA #D4DAB6

analogous

#B6C2DA #BCB6DA #CEB6DA

triadic

#BCB6DA #DABCB6 #B6DABC

tetradic

#BCB6DA #DAB6C2 #D4DAB6 #B6DACE

square

#BCB6DA #DAB6C2 #D4DAB6 #B6DACE

split-complementary

#BCB6DA #DACEB6 #C2DAB6

monochromatic

#7165B1 #978DC5 #BCB6DA #E1DFEF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCB6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6DA

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6DA	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.051 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbe5',
    500: '#bcb6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6da;
$custom-light: #d0cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 32.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79294,
    "c": 0.05088,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6DA

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#AB3A99

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6DA

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

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