#BCB4E7#BCB4E7

#BCB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.072 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E7
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(249, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(249, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 13.11, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 27.73, 298.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0268 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.072 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4809, 49.1029, 82.3514)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E7 #DFE7B4

analogous

#B4C5E7 #BCB4E7 #D5B4E7

triadic

#BCB4E7 #E7BCB4 #B4E7BC

tetradic

#BCB4E7 #E7B4C5 #DFE7B4 #B4E7D5

square

#BCB4E7 #E7B4C5 #DFE7B4 #B4E7D5

split-complementary

#BCB4E7 #E7D5B4 #C5E7B4

monochromatic

#6957C9 #9386D8 #BCB4E7 #E5E2F6 #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E7

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E7	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.072 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caee',
    500: '#bcb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e7;
$custom-light: #d0caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.412,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79388,
    "c": 0.07203,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E7

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#BF27A7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E7

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

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