#BCB4EA#BCB4EA

#BCB4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.076 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4EA
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(249, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 13.78, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 29.34, 298.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0277 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.076 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9082, 49.2738, 84.6020)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4EA #E2EAB4

analogous

#B4C7EA #BCB4EA #D7B4EA

triadic

#BCB4EA #EABCB4 #B4EABC

tetradic

#BCB4EA #EAB4C7 #E2EAB4 #B4EAD7

square

#BCB4EA #EAB4C7 #E2EAB4 #B4EAD7

split-complementary

#BCB4EA #EAD7B4 #C7EAB4

monochromatic

#6754CF #9184DD #BCB4EA #E7E4F7 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BCB4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4EA

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4EA	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.076 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caf0',
    500: '#bcb4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4ea;
$custom-light: #d0caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79505,
    "c": 0.07619,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4EA

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C422AC

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4EA

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

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