#BCBAE0#BCBAE0

#BCBAE0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.053 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAE0
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(243, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(243, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, 8.31, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 20.47, 293.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% 0.0161 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.053 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7495, 51.1905, 77.6609)
Luminance	0.5119 (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

#BCBAE0 #DEE0BA

analogous

#BACBE0 #BCBAE0 #CFBAE0

triadic

#BCBAE0 #E0BCBA #BAE0BC

tetradic

#BCBAE0 #E0BACB #DEE0BA #BAE0CF

square

#BCBAE0 #E0BACB #DEE0BA #BAE0CF

split-complementary

#BCBAE0 #E0CFBA #CBE0BA

monochromatic

#6A66BA #9390CD #BCBAE0 #E5E4F3 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCBAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAE0

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAE0	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.053 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee9',
    500: '#bcbae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbae0;
$custom-light: #d0cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80304,
    "c": 0.05333,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAE0

secondary

#B6B986

accent

#B135AA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAE0

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

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