#BCB4EC#BCB4EC

#BCB4EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.079 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4EC
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(249, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, 14.23, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 30.41, 297.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0284 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.079 291)
XYZ	xyz(52.1971, 49.3894, 86.1237)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4EC #E4ECB4

analogous

#B4C8EC #BCB4EC #D8B4EC

triadic

#BCB4EC #ECBCB4 #B4ECBC

tetradic

#BCB4EC #ECB4C8 #E4ECB4 #B4ECD8

square

#BCB4EC #ECB4C8 #E4ECB4 #B4ECD8

split-complementary

#BCB4EC #ECD8B4 #C8ECB4

monochromatic

#6552D3 #9083E0 #BCB4EC #E8E5F8 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BCB4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4EC

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4EC	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.079 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caf2',
    500: '#bcb4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4ec;
$custom-light: #d1caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79584,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.4939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4EC

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C71EAF

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4EC

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

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