#BCB4E3#BCB4E3

#BCB4E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.066 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E3
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(250, 46%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 12.23, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 25.59, 298.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0256 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.066 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9224, 48.8795, 79.4100)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E3 #DBE3B4

analogous

#B4C4E3 #BCB4E3 #D4B4E3

triadic

#BCB4E3 #E3BCB4 #B4E3BC

tetradic

#BCB4E3 #E3B4C4 #DBE3B4 #B4E3D4

square

#BCB4E3 #E3B4C4 #DBE3B4 #B4E3D4

split-complementary

#BCB4E3 #E3D4B4 #C4E3B4

monochromatic

#6C5BC2 #9487D2 #BCB4E3 #E4E1F4 #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E3

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E3	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.066 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caec',
    500: '#bcb4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e3;
$custom-light: #d0caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.213,
    "s": 45.631,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79234,
    "c": 0.06647,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E3

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#B92DA1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E3

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

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