#BCBAE4#BCBAE4

#BCBAE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.059 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAE4
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(243, 44%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 9.17, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 22.61, 293.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% 0.0174 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.059 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2983, 51.4100, 80.5516)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAE4 #E2E4BA

analogous

#BACDE4 #BCBAE4 #D1BAE4

triadic

#BCBAE4 #E4BCBA #BAE4BC

tetradic

#BCBAE4 #E4BACD #E2E4BA #BAE4D1

square

#BCBAE4 #E4BACD #E2E4BA #BAE4D1

split-complementary

#BCBAE4 #E4D1BA #CDE4BA

monochromatic

#6762C2 #918ED3 #BCBAE4 #E7E6F5 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BCBAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAE4

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAE4	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.059 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceec',
    500: '#bcbae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbae4;
$custom-light: #d0ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80451,
    "c": 0.05895,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAE4

secondary

#BBBE84

accent

#B72FB0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAE4

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

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