#BCB5EA#BCB5EA

#BCB5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.075 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5EA
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, 13.23, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 28.74, 297.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0263 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.075 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1108, 49.6790, 84.6695)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5EA #E3EAB5

analogous

#B5C9EA #BCB5EA #D7B5EA

triadic

#BCB5EA #EABCB5 #B5EABC

tetradic

#BCB5EA #EAB5C9 #E3EAB5 #B5EAD7

square

#BCB5EA #EAB5C9 #E3EAB5 #B5EAD7

split-complementary

#BCB5EA #EAD7B5 #C9EAB5

monochromatic

#6656CF #9185DC #BCB5EA #E7E5F8 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5EA

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5EA	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.075 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbf0',
    500: '#bcb5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5ea;
$custom-light: #d0cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.925,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79699,
    "c": 0.07469,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5EA

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C322AE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5EA

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

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