#BCB3DB#BCB3DB

#BCB3DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.057 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3DB
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 11.05, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 21.92, 300.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% 0.0244 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.057 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6427, 48.0458, 73.6625)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3DB #D2DBB3

analogous

#B3BEDB #BCB3DB #D0B3DB

triadic

#BCB3DB #DBBCB3 #B3DBBC

tetradic

#BCB3DB #DBB3BE #D2DBB3 #B3DBD0

square

#BCB3DB #DBB3BE #D2DBB3 #B3DBD0

split-complementary

#BCB3DB #DBD0B3 #BEDBB3

monochromatic

#7360B4 #9789C7 #BCB3DB #E1DDEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3DB

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3DB	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.057 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e6',
    500: '#bcb3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3db;
$custom-light: #d0c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78739,
    "c": 0.05692,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3DB

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3794

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3DB

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

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