#BCB4DD#BCB4DD

#BCB4DD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.058 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4DD
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(252, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 10.93, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 22.38, 299.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0236 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.058 294)
XYZ	xyz(50.1087, 48.5540, 75.1246)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4DD #D5DDB4

analogous

#B4C0DD #BCB4DD #D0B4DD

triadic

#BCB4DD #DDBCB4 #B4DDBC

tetradic

#BCB4DD #DDB4C0 #D5DDB4 #B4DDD0

square

#BCB4DD #DDB4C0 #D5DDB4 #B4DDD0

split-complementary

#BCB4DD #DDD0B4 #C0DDB4

monochromatic

#7160B7 #968ACA #BCB4DD #E2DEF0 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4DD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4DD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.058 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cae7',
    500: '#bcb4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4dd;
$custom-light: #d0cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79009,
    "c": 0.05813,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.48554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4DD

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B13598

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4DD

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

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