#BCB4E1#BCB4E1

#BCB4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.064 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E1
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 11.79, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 24.52, 298.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0249 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.064 293)
XYZ	xyz(50.6479, 48.7697, 77.9647)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E1 #D9E1B4

analogous

#B4C3E1 #BCB4E1 #D3B4E1

triadic

#BCB4E1 #E1BCB4 #B4E1BC

tetradic

#BCB4E1 #E1B4C3 #D9E1B4 #B4E1D3

square

#BCB4E1 #E1B4C3 #D9E1B4 #B4E1D3

split-complementary

#BCB4E1 #E1D3B4 #C3E1B4

monochromatic

#6E5DBE #9588D0 #BCB4E1 #E3E0F2 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E1

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E1	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.064 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caea',
    500: '#bcb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e1;
$custom-light: #d0caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79159,
    "c": 0.06369,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.4877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E1

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B6309E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E1

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

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