#BCB5DA#BCB5DA

#BCB5DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.052 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5DA
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 9.75, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 20.18, 298.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.0212 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.052 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9152, 48.8008, 73.1059)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5DA #D3DAB5

analogous

#B5C0DA #BCB5DA #CEB5DA

triadic

#BCB5DA #DABCB5 #B5DABC

tetradic

#BCB5DA #DAB5C0 #D3DAB5 #B5DACE

square

#BCB5DA #DAB5C0 #D3DAB5 #B5DACE

split-complementary

#BCB5DA #DACEB5 #C0DAB5

monochromatic

#7263B1 #978CC6 #BCB5DA #E1DEEE #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5DA

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5DA	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)

#ADBADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.052 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbe5',
    500: '#bcb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5da;
$custom-light: #d0cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.05241,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5DA

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#AC3996

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5DA

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

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