#BCB5EB#BCB5EB

#BCB5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.076 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5EB
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(248, 57%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 13.45, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 29.28, 297.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.0267 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.076 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2548, 49.7367, 85.4283)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5EB #E4EBB5

analogous

#B5C9EB #BCB5EB #D7B5EB

triadic

#BCB5EB #EBBCB5 #B5EBBC

tetradic

#BCB5EB #EBB5C9 #E4EBB5 #B5EBD7

square

#BCB5EB #EBB5C9 #E4EBB5 #B5EBD7

split-complementary

#BCB5EB #EBD7B5 #C9EBB5

monochromatic

#6555D1 #9085DE #BCB5EB #E8E5F8 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5EB

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5EB	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.076 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbf1',
    500: '#bcb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5eb;
$custom-light: #d0cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.778,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.07608,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5EB

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C520B0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5EB

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

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