#BCB4E4#BCB4E4

#BCB4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.068 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E4
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(250, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 12.45, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 26.13, 298.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.0259 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.068 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0608, 48.9349, 80.1390)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E4 #DCE4B4

analogous

#B4C4E4 #BCB4E4 #D4B4E4

triadic

#BCB4E4 #E4BCB4 #B4E4BC

tetradic

#BCB4E4 #E4B4C4 #DCE4B4 #B4E4D4

square

#BCB4E4 #E4B4C4 #DCE4B4 #B4E4D4

split-complementary

#BCB4E4 #E4D4B4 #C4E4B4

monochromatic

#6C5AC4 #9487D4 #BCB4E4 #E4E1F4 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E4

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E4	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.068 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caec',
    500: '#bcb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e4;
$custom-light: #d0caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.06786,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E4

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BA2BA2

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E4

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

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