#BCB4E5#BCB4E5

#BCB4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.069 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E5
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(250, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 12.67, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 26.66, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0262 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.069 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2000, 48.9906, 80.8722)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E5 #DDE5B4

analogous

#B4C4E5 #BCB4E5 #D4B4E5

triadic

#BCB4E5 #E5BCB4 #B4E5BC

tetradic

#BCB4E5 #E5B4C4 #DDE5B4 #B4E5D4

square

#BCB4E5 #E5B4C4 #DDE5B4 #B4E5D4

split-complementary

#BCB4E5 #E5D4B4 #C4E5B4

monochromatic

#6B59C5 #9387D5 #BCB4E5 #E5E1F5 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E5

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E5	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.069 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caed',
    500: '#bcb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e5;
$custom-light: #d0caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.796,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79311,
    "c": 0.06925,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E5

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BC2AA4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E5

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

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