#BCB5DC#BCB5DC

#BCB5DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.055 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5DC
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(251, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 10.17, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 21.25, 298.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.0219 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.055 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1784, 48.9061, 74.4925)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5DC #D5DCB5

analogous

#B5C1DC #BCB5DC #CFB5DC

triadic

#BCB5DC #DCBCB5 #B5DCBC

tetradic

#BCB5DC #DCB5C1 #D5DCB5 #B5DCCF

square

#BCB5DC #DCB5C1 #D5DCB5 #B5DCCF

split-complementary

#BCB5DC #DCCFB5 #C1DCB5

monochromatic

#7162B5 #968BC8 #BCB5DC #E2DFF0 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5DC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5DC	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)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.055 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbe7',
    500: '#bcb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5dc;
$custom-light: #d0cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79169,
    "c": 0.05519,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5DC

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#AF3799

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5DC

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

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