#BCBBE4#BCBBE4

#BCBBE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.058 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBE4
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 228)
HSL	hsl(241, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(241, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 18%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, 8.63, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 22.04, 293.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.016 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.058 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5098, 51.8328, 80.6220)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBE4 #E3E4BB

analogous

#BBCFE4 #BCBBE4 #D1BBE4

triadic

#BCBBE4 #E4BCBB #BBE4BC

tetradic

#BCBBE4 #E4BBCF #E3E4BB #BBE4D1

square

#BCBBE4 #E4BBCF #E3E4BB #BBE4D1

split-complementary

#BCBBE4 #E4D1BB #CFE4BB

monochromatic

#6663C1 #918FD3 #BCBBE4 #E7E7F5 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BCBBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBE4

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBE4	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.058 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfec',
    500: '#bcbbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbe4;
$custom-light: #d0cfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.463,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80648,
    "c": 0.05752,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBE4

secondary

#BCBE85

accent

#B62FB3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBE4

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

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