#BCB2DE#BCB2DE

#BCB2DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.063 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2DE
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(254, 40%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 12.24, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 24.13, 300.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0268 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.063 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8415, 47.8058, 75.6947)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2DE #D4DEB2

analogous

#B2BEDE #BCB2DE #D2B2DE

triadic

#BCB2DE #DEBCB2 #B2DEBC

tetradic

#BCB2DE #DEB2BE #D4DEB2 #B2DED2

square

#BCB2DE #DEB2BE #D4DEB2 #B2DED2

split-complementary

#BCB2DE #DED2B2 #BEDEB2

monochromatic

#715CB9 #9787CC #BCB2DE #E1DDF0 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2DE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2DE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.063 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e8',
    500: '#bcb2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2de;
$custom-light: #d0c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78655,
    "c": 0.06264,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2DE

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B33296

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2DE

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

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