#BCB4DB#BCB4DB

#BCB4DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.055 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4DB
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(252, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 10.51, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 21.31, 299.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.023 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.055 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8438, 48.4481, 73.7296)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4DB #D3DBB4

analogous

#B4BFDB #BCB4DB #CFB4DB

triadic

#BCB4DB #DBBCB4 #B4DBBC

tetradic

#BCB4DB #DBB4BF #D3DBB4 #B4DBCF

square

#BCB4DB #DBB4BF #D3DBB4 #B4DBCF

split-complementary

#BCB4DB #DBCFB4 #BFDBB4

monochromatic

#7261B3 #978BC7 #BCB4DB #E1DDEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4DB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4DB	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.055 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cae6',
    500: '#bcb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4db;
$custom-light: #d0cae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78936,
    "c": 0.05536,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4DB

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AE3896

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4DB

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

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