Light muted violet
#BCBBDE
#BCBBDE is a light muted violet with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BCBBDE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BCBBDE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F6FF
- 100 E9E9FF
- 200 D6D6F3
- 300 BCBBDE
- 400 A09FC0
- 500 8584A4
- 600 6B6989
- 700 53526E
- 800 3E3C56
- 900 2A283E
- 950 171627
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f6f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e9e9ff; --color-violet-200: #d6d6f3; --color-violet-300: #bcbbde; --color-violet-400: #a09fc0; --color-violet-500: #8584a4; --color-violet-600: #6b6989; --color-violet-700: #53526e; --color-violet-800: #3e3c56; --color-violet-900: #2a283e; --color-violet-950: #171627;}Is #BCBBDE readable?
Contrast for text on #BCBBDE and for #BCBBDE used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.1APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #757394 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.1APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BCBBDE
Six palettes built around #BCBBDE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BCBBDE · #B57CB9 · #85B4FF · #FFDEF0 · #242433
- Complementary#BCBBDE · #C9B04F · #D0AF00 · #DAD6FF · #303140
- Split complementary#BCBBDE · #E1A357 · #5DB425 · #E0DEFF · #2F2E37
- Triadic#BCBBDE · #D28E6E · #00CFA4 · #DEDBFF · #292838
- Tetradic#BCBBDE · #D68485 · #D5B300 · #9EE4E6 · #2B2B3B
- Monochromatic#BCBBDE · #7B75CA · #BBA9FF · #DCDAFF · #282834
#BCBBDE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BCBBDE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F6FF
- Brand 100, #E9E9FF
- Brand 200, #D6D6F3
- Brand 300, #BCBBDE
- Brand 400, #A09FC0
- Brand 500, #8584A4
- Brand 600, #6B6989
- Brand 700, #53526E
- Brand 800, #3E3C56
- Brand 900, #2A283E
- Brand 950, #171627
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D4D3D9
- Neutral 400, #A0A0A8
- Neutral 500, #72727B
- Neutral 600, #53535C
- Neutral 700, #3F3F47
- Neutral 800, #27272E
- Neutral 900, #17171D
- Neutral 950, #0A090F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #ECA655
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BCBBDE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.