#BCBAE5#BCBAE5

#BCBAE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.060 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAE5
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(243, 45%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(243, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 9.39, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 23.15, 293.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0177 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.06 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4376, 51.4657, 81.2848)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAE5 #E3E5BA

analogous

#BACEE5 #BCBAE5 #D2BAE5

triadic

#BCBAE5 #E5BCBA #BAE5BC

tetradic

#BCBAE5 #E5BACE #E3E5BA #BAE5D2

square

#BCBAE5 #E5BACE #E3E5BA #BAE5D2

split-complementary

#BCBAE5 #E5D2BA #CEE5BA

monochromatic

#6661C4 #918ED4 #BCBAE5 #E7E6F6 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAE5

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAE5	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.060 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceed',
    500: '#bcbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbae5;
$custom-light: #d0ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.791,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80488,
    "c": 0.06035,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAE5

secondary

#BCBF84

accent

#B82DB2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAE5

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

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