#BCB4E9#BCB4E9

#BCB4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.075 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4E9
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(249, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(249, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, 13.56, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 28.80, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0274 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.075 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7649, 49.2165, 83.8475)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4E9 #E1E9B4

analogous

#B4C6E9 #BCB4E9 #D6B4E9

triadic

#BCB4E9 #E9BCB4 #B4E9BC

tetradic

#BCB4E9 #E9B4C6 #E1E9B4 #B4E9D6

square

#BCB4E9 #E9B4C6 #E1E9B4 #B4E9D6

split-complementary

#BCB4E9 #E9D6B4 #C6E9B4

monochromatic

#6755CD #9285DB #BCB4E9 #E6E3F7 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4E9

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4E9	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.075 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caf0',
    500: '#bcb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4e9;
$custom-light: #d0caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.057,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79466,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4E9

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C223AA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4E9

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

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