#BCB2DB#BCB2DB

#BCB2DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.059 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2DB
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 11.60, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 22.53, 300.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0258 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.059 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4430, 47.6464, 73.5960)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2DB #D1DBB2

analogous

#B2BCDB #BCB2DB #D0B2DB

triadic

#BCB2DB #DBBCB2 #B2DBBC

tetradic

#BCB2DB #DBB2BC #D1DBB2 #B2DBD0

square

#BCB2DB #DBB2BC #D1DBB2 #B2DBD0

split-complementary

#BCB2DB #DBD0B2 #BCDBB2

monochromatic

#735FB4 #9888C8 #BCB2DB #E0DCEE #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCB2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2DB

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2DB	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.059 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e6',
    500: '#bcb2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2db;
$custom-light: #d0c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78543,
    "c": 0.0585,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2DB

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3692

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2DB

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

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