#BCB4D2#BCB4D2

#BCB4D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.043 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4D2
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 210)
HSL	hsl(256, 25%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 8.62, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 16.52, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0199 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.043 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6909, 47.9869, 67.6575)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4D2 #CAD2B4

analogous

#B4BBD2 #BCB4D2 #CBB4D2

triadic

#BCB4D2 #D2BCB4 #B4D2BC

tetradic

#BCB4D2 #D2B4BB #CAD2B4 #B4D2CB

square

#BCB4D2 #D2B4BB #CAD2B4 #B4D2CB

split-complementary

#BCB4D2 #D2CBB4 #BBD2B4

monochromatic

#7868A4 #9A8EBB #BCB4D2 #DEDAE9 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCB4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4D2

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4D2	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.043 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cadf',
    500: '#bcb4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4d2;
$custom-light: #d0cadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78614,
    "c": 0.04292,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4D2

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A4428A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4D2

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

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