#BCB3DC#BCB3DC

#BCB3DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.058 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3DC
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(253, 37%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 11.27, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 22.45, 300.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% 0.0247 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.058 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7747, 48.0986, 74.3579)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3DC #D3DCB3

analogous

#B3BEDC #BCB3DC #D0B3DC

triadic

#BCB3DC #DCBCB3 #B3DCBC

tetradic

#BCB3DC #DCB3BE #D3DCB3 #B3DCD0

square

#BCB3DC #DCB3BE #D3DCB3 #B3DCD0

split-complementary

#BCB3DC #DCD0B3 #BEDCB3

monochromatic

#725FB5 #9789C9 #BCB3DC #E1DDEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3DC

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3DC	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.058 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e7',
    500: '#bcb3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3dc;
$custom-light: #d0c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 36.937,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.0583,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3DC

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B03695

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3DC

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

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