#BCB2DD#BCB2DD

#BCB2DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.061 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2DD
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(254, 39%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 12.03, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 23.59, 300.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0265 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.061 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7078, 47.7523, 74.9909)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2DD #D3DDB2

analogous

#B2BDDD #BCB2DD #D1B2DD

triadic

#BCB2DD #DDBCB2 #B2DDBC

tetradic

#BCB2DD #DDB2BD #D3DDB2 #B2DDD1

square

#BCB2DD #DDB2BD #D3DDB2 #B2DDD1

split-complementary

#BCB2DD #DDD1B2 #BDDDB2

monochromatic

#725DB8 #9788CA #BCB2DD #E1DCF0 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2DD

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2DD	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.061 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e7',
    500: '#bcb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2dd;
$custom-light: #d0c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78617,
    "c": 0.06126,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2DD

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B23494

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2DD

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

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