#BCB4DF#BCB4DF

#BCB4DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.061 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4DF
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(251, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 11.36, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 23.45, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0243 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.061 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3767, 48.6612, 76.5363)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4DF #D7DFB4

analogous

#B4C2DF #BCB4DF #D2B4DF

triadic

#BCB4DF #DFBCB4 #B4DFBC

tetradic

#BCB4DF #DFB4C2 #D7DFB4 #B4DFD2

square

#BCB4DF #DFB4C2 #D7DFB4 #B4DFD2

split-complementary

#BCB4DF #DFD2B4 #C2DFB4

monochromatic

#6F5EBA #9689CD #BCB4DF #E2DFF1 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCB4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4DF

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4DF	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.061 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cae9',
    500: '#bcb4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4df;
$custom-light: #d0cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 40.187,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79084,
    "c": 0.06091,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4DF

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B3329B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4DF

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

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