#BCBAED#BCBAED

#BCBAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.072 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAED
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(242, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 11.17, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 27.43, 294.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.0203 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.072 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5804, 51.9228, 87.3036)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAED #EBEDBA

analogous

#BAD1ED #BCBAED #D5BAED

triadic

#BCBAED #EDBCBA #BAEDBC

tetradic

#BCBAED #EDBAD1 #EBEDBA #BAEDD5

square

#BCBAED #EDBAD1 #EBEDBA #BAEDD5

split-complementary

#BCBAED #EDD5BA #D1EDBA

monochromatic

#5E59D4 #8D89E0 #BCBAED #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BCBAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAED

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAED	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.072 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef3',
    500: '#bcbaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaed;
$custom-light: #d0cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80792,
    "c": 0.07156,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAED

secondary

#C7CA81

accent

#C61FC0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAED

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

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