#BCB4E2#BCB4E2

#BCB4E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.065 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E2
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(250, 44%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, 12.01, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 25.06, 298.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% 0.0252 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.065 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7848, 48.8245, 78.6853)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E2 #DAE2B4

analogous

#B4C3E2 #BCB4E2 #D3B4E2

triadic

#BCB4E2 #E2BCB4 #B4E2BC

tetradic

#BCB4E2 #E2B4C3 #DAE2B4 #B4E2D3

square

#BCB4E2 #E2B4C3 #DAE2B4 #B4E2D3

split-complementary

#BCB4E2 #E2D3B4 #C3E2B4

monochromatic

#6D5CC0 #9588D1 #BCB4E2 #E3E0F3 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E2

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E2	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.065 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caeb',
    500: '#bcb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e2;
$custom-light: #d0caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 44.231,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79196,
    "c": 0.06507,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E2

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B72EA0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E2

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

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