#BCBAEF#BCBAEF

#BCBAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.074 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAEF
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(242, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(242, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 11.62, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 28.50, 294.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.0209 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.074 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8742, 52.0403, 88.8510)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAEF #EDEFBA

analogous

#BAD2EF #BCBAEF #D6BAEF

triadic

#BCBAEF #EFBCBA #BAEFBC

tetradic

#BCBAEF #EFBAD2 #EDEFBA #BAEFD6

square

#BCBAEF #EFBAD2 #EDEFBA #BAEFD6

split-complementary

#BCBAEF #EFD6BA #D2EFBA

monochromatic

#5C57D8 #8C88E3 #BCBAEF #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BCBAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAEF

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAEF	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.074 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef4',
    500: '#bcbaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaef;
$custom-light: #d1cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8087,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAEF

secondary

#CACD80

accent

#CA1BC4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAEF

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

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