#BCBAF4#BCBAF4

#BCBAF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.081 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAF4
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 244)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(242, 24%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 23.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, 12.76, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 31.17, 294.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0224 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.081 286)
XYZ	xyz(54.6231, 52.3399, 92.7952)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAF4 #F2F4BA

analogous

#BAD5F4 #BCBAF4 #D9BAF4

triadic

#BCBAF4 #F4BCBA #BAF4BC

tetradic

#BCBAF4 #F4BAD5 #F2F4BA #BAF4D9

square

#BCBAF4 #F4BAD5 #F2F4BA #BAF4D9

split-complementary

#BCBAF4 #F4D9BA #D5F4BA

monochromatic

#5550E3 #8985EC #BCBAF4 #E5E5FB #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBAF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BCBAF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAF4

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAF4	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC1F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.081 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef8',
    500: '#bcbaf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaf4;
$custom-light: #d1cef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.08133,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.52341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAF4

secondary

#D2D57E

accent

#D511CE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAF4

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

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