#BCB7E8#BCB7E8

#BCB7E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.069 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7E8
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 232)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(246, 21%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 11.69, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 26.49, 296.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% 0.0229 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.069 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2347, 50.3839, 83.3014)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7E8 #E3E8B7

analogous

#B7CBE8 #BCB7E8 #D5B7E8

triadic

#BCB7E8 #E8BCB7 #B7E8BC

tetradic

#BCB7E8 #E8B7CB #E3E8B7 #B7E8D5

square

#BCB7E8 #E8B7CB #E3E8B7 #B7E8D5

split-complementary

#BCB7E8 #E8D5B7 #CBE8B7

monochromatic

#665ACA #9189D9 #BCB7E8 #E7E5F7 #E9E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCB7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCB7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7E8

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7E8	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.069 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccef',
    500: '#bcb7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7e8;
$custom-light: #d0ccef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.122,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80012,
    "c": 0.06892,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7E8

secondary

#BCC380

accent

#BF27AF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7E8

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

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