#BCB5EC#BCB5EC

#BCB5EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.077 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5EC
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 13.68, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 29.81, 297.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.027 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.077 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3997, 49.7946, 86.1913)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5EC #E5ECB5

analogous

#B5CAEC #BCB5EC #D8B5EC

triadic

#BCB5EC #ECBCB5 #B5ECBC

tetradic

#BCB5EC #ECB5CA #E5ECB5 #B5ECD8

square

#BCB5EC #ECB5CA #E5ECB5 #B5ECD8

split-complementary

#BCB5EC #ECD8B5 #CAECB5

monochromatic

#6454D3 #9084DF #BCB5EC #E8E6F9 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5EC

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5EC	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.077 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbf2',
    500: '#bcb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5ec;
$custom-light: #d0cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.636,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79778,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5EC

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C71FB1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5EC

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

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