#BCB2E2#BCB2E2

#BCB2E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.068 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2E2
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(253, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 13.11, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 26.26, 299.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0281 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.068 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3839, 48.0228, 78.5517)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2E2 #D8E2B2

analogous

#B2C0E2 #BCB2E2 #D4B2E2

triadic

#BCB2E2 #E2BCB2 #B2E2BC

tetradic

#BCB2E2 #E2B2C0 #D8E2B2 #B2E2D4

square

#BCB2E2 #E2B2C0 #D8E2B2 #B2E2D4

split-complementary

#BCB2E2 #E2D4B2 #C0E2B2

monochromatic

#6F59C1 #9586D1 #BCB2E2 #E3DEF3 #ECE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2E2

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2E2	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.068 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9eb',
    500: '#bcb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2e2;
$custom-light: #d0c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78806,
    "c": 0.06817,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2E2

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#B82D9B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2E2

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

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