#BCB2E4#BCB2E4

#BCB2E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.071 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2E4
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(252, 22%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 13.55, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 27.33, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0287 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.071 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6599, 48.1332, 80.0054)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2E4 #DAE4B2

analogous

#B2C1E4 #BCB2E4 #D5B2E4

triadic

#BCB2E4 #E4BCB2 #B2E4BC

tetradic

#BCB2E4 #E4B2C1 #DAE4B2 #B2E4D5

square

#BCB2E4 #E4B2C1 #DAE4B2 #B2E4D5

split-complementary

#BCB2E4 #E4D5B2 #C1E4B2

monochromatic

#6D57C4 #9585D4 #BCB2E4 #E3DFF4 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCB2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2E4

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2E4	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.071 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ec',
    500: '#bcb2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2e4;
$custom-light: #d0c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78883,
    "c": 0.07093,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2E4

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2A9E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2E4

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

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