#BCB4D0#BCB4D0

#BCB4D0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.040 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4D0
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 208)
HSL	hsl(257, 23%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(257, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 8.21, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 15.45, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0192 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.04 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4433, 47.8879, 66.3534)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4D0 #C8D0B4

analogous

#B4BAD0 #BCB4D0 #CAB4D0

triadic

#BCB4D0 #D0BCB4 #B4D0BC

tetradic

#BCB4D0 #D0B4BA #C8D0B4 #B4D0CA

square

#BCB4D0 #D0B4BA #C8D0B4 #B4D0CA

split-complementary

#BCB4D0 #D0CAB4 #BAD0B4

monochromatic

#7969A1 #9A8EB8 #BCB4D0 #DEDAE8 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCB4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4D0

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4D0	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.040 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cade',
    500: '#bcb4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4d0;
$custom-light: #d0cade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 22.951,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78545,
    "c": 0.04017,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4D0

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A14487

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4D0

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

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