#BCB4E0#BCB4E0

#BCB4E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.062 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E0
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(251, 42%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, 11.58, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 23.99, 298.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.0246 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.062 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5119, 48.7153, 77.2484)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E0 #D8E0B4

analogous

#B4C2E0 #BCB4E0 #D2B4E0

triadic

#BCB4E0 #E0BCB4 #B4E0BC

tetradic

#BCB4E0 #E0B4C2 #D8E0B4 #B4E0D2

square

#BCB4E0 #E0B4C2 #D8E0B4 #B4E0D2

split-complementary

#BCB4E0 #E0D2B4 #C2E0B4

monochromatic

#6F5DBC #9589CE #BCB4E0 #E3DFF2 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E0

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E0	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.062 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cae9',
    500: '#bcb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e0;
$custom-light: #d0cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79121,
    "c": 0.0623,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E0

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B5319D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E0

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

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