#BCB5EE#BCB5EE

#BCB5EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.080 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5EE
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(247, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(247, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 14.13, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 30.88, 297.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0276 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.08 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6919, 49.9115, 87.7302)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5EE #E7EEB5

analogous

#B5CBEE #BCB5EE #D8B5EE

triadic

#BCB5EE #EEBCB5 #B5EEBC

tetradic

#BCB5EE #EEB5CB #E7EEB5 #B5EED8

square

#BCB5EE #EEB5CB #E7EEB5 #B5EED8

split-complementary

#BCB5EE #EED8B5 #CBEEB5

monochromatic

#6251D7 #8F83E3 #BCB5EE #E8E6F9 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5EE

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5EE	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.080 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbf3',
    500: '#bcb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5ee;
$custom-light: #d1cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.368,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79858,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5EE

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CA1BB5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5EE

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

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