#BCB2DC#BCB2DC

#BCB2DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.060 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2DC
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(254, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 11.81, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 23.06, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% 0.0262 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.06 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5750, 47.6992, 74.2914)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2DC #D2DCB2

analogous

#B2BDDC #BCB2DC #D1B2DC

triadic

#BCB2DC #DCBCB2 #B2DCBC

tetradic

#BCB2DC #DCB2BD #D2DCB2 #B2DCD1

square

#BCB2DC #DCB2BD #D2DCB2 #B2DCD1

split-complementary

#BCB2DC #DCD1B2 #BDDCB2

monochromatic

#735EB6 #9788C9 #BCB2DC #E1DCEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BCB2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2DC

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2DC	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.060 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e7',
    500: '#bcb2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2dc;
$custom-light: #d0c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7858,
    "c": 0.05988,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2DC

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B03593

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2DC

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

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