#BCBAFF#BCBAFF

#BCBAFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.097 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAFF
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 255)
HSL	hsl(242, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 15.32, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 37.03, 294.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% 0.0256 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.097 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3434, 53.0280, 101.8553)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAFF #FDFFBA

analogous

#BADBFF #BCBAFF #DFBAFF

triadic

#BCBAFF #FFBCBA #BAFFBC

tetradic

#BCBAFF #FFBADB #FDFFBA #BAFFDF

square

#BCBAFF #FFBADB #FDFFBA #BAFFDF

split-complementary

#BCBAFF #FFDFBA #DBFFBA

monochromatic

#4540FF #817DFF #BCBAFF #E1E0FF #E1E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BCBAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAFF

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAFF	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.097 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceff',
    500: '#bcbaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaff;
$custom-light: #d1ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.739,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81518,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAFF

secondary

#E4E776

accent

#E600DF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAFF

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

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