#BCB5DF#BCB5DF

#BCB5DF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.059 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5DF
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(250, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 10.82, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 22.86, 298.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0229 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.059 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5793, 49.0664, 76.6038)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5DF #D8DFB5

analogous

#B5C3DF #BCB5DF #D1B5DF

triadic

#BCB5DF #DFBCB5 #B5DFBC

tetradic

#BCB5DF #DFB5C3 #D8DFB5 #B5DFD1

square

#BCB5DF #DFB5C3 #D8DFB5 #B5DFD1

split-complementary

#BCB5DF #DFD1B5 #C3DFB5

monochromatic

#6F60BA #958ACD #BCB5DF #E3E0F1 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BCB5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5DF

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5DF	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.059 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbe9',
    500: '#bcb5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5df;
$custom-light: #d0cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7928,
    "c": 0.05937,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5DF

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B3339D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5DF

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

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