#BCB4E8#BCB4E8

#BCB4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.073 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E8
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(249, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(249, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 13.33, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 28.27, 298.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0271 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.073 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6225, 49.1595, 83.0973)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E8 #E0E8B4

analogous

#B4C6E8 #BCB4E8 #D6B4E8

triadic

#BCB4E8 #E8BCB4 #B4E8BC

tetradic

#BCB4E8 #E8B4C6 #E0E8B4 #B4E8D6

square

#BCB4E8 #E8B4C6 #E0E8B4 #B4E8D6

split-complementary

#BCB4E8 #E8D6B4 #C6E8B4

monochromatic

#6856CB #9285DA #BCB4E8 #E6E3F6 #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E8

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E8	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.073 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caef',
    500: '#bcb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e8;
$custom-light: #d0caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79427,
    "c": 0.07342,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E8

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C025A9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E8

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

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