#BCBAC6#BCBAC6

#BCBAC6 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.017 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAC6
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 198)
HSL	hsl(250, 10%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(250, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 2.97, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 6.51, 297.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% 0.0068 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.017 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4891, 49.8863, 60.4896)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAC6 #C4C6BA

analogous

#BABEC6 #BCBAC6 #C2BAC6

triadic

#BCBAC6 #C6BCBA #BAC6BC

tetradic

#BCBAC6 #C6BABE #C4C6BA #BAC6C2

square

#BCBAC6 #C6BABE #C4C6BA #BAC6C2

split-complementary

#BCBAC6 #C6C2BA #BEC6BA

monochromatic

#7B778F #9B98AA #BCBAC6 #DDDCE2 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCBAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAC6

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAC6	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.017 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced7',
    500: '#bcbac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbac6;
$custom-light: #d0ced7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79419,
    "c": 0.01689,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAC6

secondary

#E7E7E4

accent

#945289

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAC6

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

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