#BCB3DD#BCB3DD

#BCB3DD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.060 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3DD
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 11.48, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 22.99, 299.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0251 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.06 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9075, 48.1517, 75.0575)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3DD #D4DDB3

analogous

#B3BFDD #BCB3DD #D1B3DD

triadic

#BCB3DD #DDBCB3 #B3DDBC

tetradic

#BCB3DD #DDB3BF #D4DDB3 #B3DDD1

square

#BCB3DD #DDB3BF #D4DDB3 #B3DDD1

split-complementary

#BCB3DD #DDD1B3 #BFDDB3

monochromatic

#715EB7 #9789CA #BCB3DD #E1DDF0 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCB3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3DD

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3DD	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)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.060 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e7',
    500: '#bcb3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3dd;
$custom-light: #d0c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.05969,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3DD

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B13496

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3DD

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

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