#BCB5D2#BCB5D2

#BCB5D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.041 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5D2
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(254, 24%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 8.08, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 15.91, 300.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0184 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.041 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8935, 48.3921, 67.7250)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5D2 #CBD2B5

analogous

#B5BDD2 #BCB5D2 #CBB5D2

triadic

#BCB5D2 #D2BCB5 #B5D2BC

tetradic

#BCB5D2 #D2B5BD #CBD2B5 #B5D2CB

square

#BCB5D2 #D2B5BD #CBD2B5 #B5D2CB

split-complementary

#BCB5D2 #D2CBB5 #BDD2B5

monochromatic

#7769A4 #9A8FBB #BCB5D2 #DEDBE9 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCB5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5D2

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5D2	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.041 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbdf',
    500: '#bcb5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5d2;
$custom-light: #d0cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 24.37,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.04132,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5D2

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A3438C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5D2

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

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