#BCBCE4#BCBCE4

#BCBCE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.056 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCE4
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(240, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 8.09, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 21.48, 292.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0146 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.056 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7226, 52.2586, 80.6930)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCE4 #E4E4BC

analogous

#BCD0E4 #BCBCE4 #D0BCE4

triadic

#BCBCE4 #E4BCBC #BCE4BC

tetradic

#BCBCE4 #E4BCD0 #E4E4BC #BCE4D0

square

#BCBCE4 #E4BCD0 #E4E4BC #BCE4D0

split-complementary

#BCBCE4 #E4D0BC #D0E4BC

monochromatic

#6565C1 #9090D2 #BCBCE4 #E8E8F6 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BCBCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCE4

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCE4	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.056 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ec',
    500: '#bcbce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbce4;
$custom-light: #d0d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80847,
    "c": 0.05611,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCE4

secondary

#BEBE86

accent

#B630B6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCE4

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

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