#BCBAEE#BCBAEE

#BCBAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.073 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAEE
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(242, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 11.39, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 27.96, 294.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0206 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.073 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7269, 51.9814, 88.0751)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAEE #ECEEBA

analogous

#BAD2EE #BCBAEE #D6BAEE

triadic

#BCBAEE #EEBCBA #BAEEBC

tetradic

#BCBAEE #EEBAD2 #ECEEBA #BAEED6

square

#BCBAEE #EEBAD2 #ECEEBA #BAEED6

split-complementary

#BCBAEE #EED6BA #D2EEBA

monochromatic

#5D58D6 #8C89E2 #BCBAEE #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BCBAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAEE

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAEE	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.073 286.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.07295,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAEE

secondary

#C9CC80

accent

#C81DC2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAEE

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

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