#BCB4DE#BCB4DE

#BCB4DE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.060 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4DE
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(251, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 11.15, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 22.92, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.024 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.06 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2423, 48.6075, 75.8283)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4DE #D6DEB4

analogous

#B4C1DE #BCB4DE #D1B4DE

triadic

#BCB4DE #DEBCB4 #B4DEBC

tetradic

#BCB4DE #DEB4C1 #D6DEB4 #B4DED1

square

#BCB4DE #DEB4C1 #D6DEB4 #B4DED1

split-complementary

#BCB4DE #DED1B4 #C1DEB4

monochromatic

#705FB9 #968ACB #BCB4DE #E2DFF1 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCB4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4DE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4DE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.060 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cae8',
    500: '#bcb4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4de;
$custom-light: #d0cae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79046,
    "c": 0.05952,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4DE

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B2349A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4DE

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

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