#BCB4DA#BCB4DA

#BCB4DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.054 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4DA
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(253, 34%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 10.29, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 20.78, 299.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0226 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.054 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7125, 48.3956, 73.0383)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4DA #D2DAB4

analogous

#B4BFDA #BCB4DA #CFB4DA

triadic

#BCB4DA #DABCB4 #B4DABC

tetradic

#BCB4DA #DAB4BF #D2DAB4 #B4DACF

square

#BCB4DA #DAB4BF #D2DAB4 #B4DACF

split-complementary

#BCB4DA #DACFB4 #BFDAB4

monochromatic

#7362B2 #978BC6 #BCB4DA #E1DDEE #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4DA

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4DA	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.054 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cae5',
    500: '#bcb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4da;
$custom-light: #d0cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78899,
    "c": 0.05397,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4DA

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AD3994

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4DA

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

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