#BCB8DF#BCB8DF

#BCB8DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.055 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8DF
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(246, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(246, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 9.18, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 21.08, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0186 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.055 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1959, 50.2996, 76.8093)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8DF #DBDFB8

analogous

#B8C8DF #BCB8DF #D0B8DF

triadic

#BCB8DF #DFBCB8 #B8DFBC

tetradic

#BCB8DF #DFB8C8 #DBDFB8 #B8DFD0

square

#BCB8DF #DFB8C8 #DBDFB8 #B8DFD0

split-complementary

#BCB8DF #DFD0B8 #C8DFB8

monochromatic

#6C64B9 #948ECC #BCB8DF #E4E2F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BCB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8DF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8DF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.055 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cde9',
    500: '#bcb8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8df;
$custom-light: #d0cde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.154,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79871,
    "c": 0.05485,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8DF

secondary

#B2B784

accent

#B135A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8DF

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

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