#BCB4DC#BCB4DC

#BCB4DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.057 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4DC
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(252, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, 10.72, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 21.85, 299.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0233 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.057 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9758, 48.5009, 74.4250)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4DC #D4DCB4

analogous

#B4C0DC #BCB4DC #D0B4DC

triadic

#BCB4DC #DCBCB4 #B4DCBC

tetradic

#BCB4DC #DCB4C0 #D4DCB4 #B4DCD0

square

#BCB4DC #DCB4C0 #D4DCB4 #B4DCD0

split-complementary

#BCB4DC #DCD0B4 #C0DCB4

monochromatic

#7161B5 #978AC9 #BCB4DC #E1DEEF #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4DC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4DC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.057 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cae7',
    500: '#bcb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4dc;
$custom-light: #d0cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78972,
    "c": 0.05674,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4DC

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3697

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4DC

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

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