#BCBAE2#BCBAE2

#BCBAE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.056 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAE2
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(243, 41%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, 8.74, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 21.54, 293.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0168 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.056 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0223, 51.2996, 79.0978)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAE2 #E0E2BA

analogous

#BACCE2 #BCBAE2 #D0BAE2

triadic

#BCBAE2 #E2BCBA #BAE2BC

tetradic

#BCBAE2 #E2BACC #E0E2BA #BAE2D0

square

#BCBAE2 #E2BACC #E0E2BA #BAE2D0

split-complementary

#BCBAE2 #E2D0BA #CCE2BA

monochromatic

#6864BE #928FD0 #BCBAE2 #E6E5F4 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BCBAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAE2

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAE2	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.056 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceeb',
    500: '#bcbae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbae2;
$custom-light: #d0ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 40.816,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80377,
    "c": 0.05614,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAE2

secondary

#B9BB85

accent

#B432AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAE2

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

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