#BCBAE3#BCBAE3

#BCBAE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.058 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAE3
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(243, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 8.96, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 22.07, 293.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% 0.0171 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.058 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1599, 51.3546, 79.8226)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAE3 #E1E3BA

analogous

#BACCE3 #BCBAE3 #D0BAE3

triadic

#BCBAE3 #E3BCBA #BAE3BC

tetradic

#BCBAE3 #E3BACC #E1E3BA #BAE3D0

square

#BCBAE3 #E3BACC #E1E3BA #BAE3D0

split-complementary

#BCBAE3 #E3D0BA #CCE3BA

monochromatic

#6763C0 #928ED1 #BCBAE3 #E6E6F5 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCBAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAE3

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAE3	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.058 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceeb',
    500: '#bcbae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbae3;
$custom-light: #d0ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.927,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80414,
    "c": 0.05754,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAE3

secondary

#BABD85

accent

#B530AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAE3

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

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