#BCB4EB#BCB4EB

#BCB4EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.078 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4EB
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 235)
HSL	hsl(249, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(249, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, 14.00, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 29.87, 297.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0281 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.078 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0522, 49.3314, 85.3607)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4EB #E3EBB4

analogous

#B4C8EB #BCB4EB #D8B4EB

triadic

#BCB4EB #EBBCB4 #B4EBBC

tetradic

#BCB4EB #EBB4C8 #E3EBB4 #B4EBD8

square

#BCB4EB #EBB4C8 #E3EBB4 #B4EBD8

split-complementary

#BCB4EB #EBD8B4 #C8EBB4

monochromatic

#6653D1 #9184DE #BCB4EB #E7E4F8 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCB4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4EB

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4EB	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.078 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caf1',
    500: '#bcb4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4eb;
$custom-light: #d0caf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.727,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79545,
    "c": 0.07759,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4EB

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C520AD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4EB

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

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