#BCB4E6#BCB4E6

#BCB4E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.071 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E6
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, 12.89, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 27.20, 298.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0265 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.071 292)
XYZ	xyz(51.3400, 49.0466, 81.6097)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E6 #DEE6B4

analogous

#B4C5E6 #BCB4E6 #D5B4E6

triadic

#BCB4E6 #E6BCB4 #B4E6BC

tetradic

#BCB4E6 #E6B4C5 #DEE6B4 #B4E6D5

square

#BCB4E6 #E6B4C5 #DEE6B4 #B4E6D5

split-complementary

#BCB4E6 #E6D5B4 #C5E6B4

monochromatic

#6A58C7 #9386D7 #BCB4E6 #E5E2F5 #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BCB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E6

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E6	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)

#A9BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.071 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caee',
    500: '#bcb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e6;
$custom-light: #d0caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79349,
    "c": 0.07063,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.49047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E6

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BD28A5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E6

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

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