#BCB3DF#BCB3DF

#BCB3DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.062 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3DF
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(252, 41%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 11.91, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 24.06, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0257 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.062 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1756, 48.2589, 76.4692)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3DF #D6DFB3

analogous

#B3C0DF #BCB3DF #D2B3DF

triadic

#BCB3DF #DFBCB3 #B3DFBC

tetradic

#BCB3DF #DFB3C0 #D6DFB3 #B3DFD2

square

#BCB3DF #DFB3C0 #D6DFB3 #B3DFD2

split-complementary

#BCB3DF #DFD2B3 #C0DFB3

monochromatic

#705DBB #9688CD #BCB3DF #E2DEF1 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCB3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3DF

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3DF	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.062 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9e9',
    500: '#bcb3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3df;
$custom-light: #d0c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.273,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78888,
    "c": 0.06246,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3DF

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B43299

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3DF

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

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