#BCB8EA#BCB8EA

#BCB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.070 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8EA
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(245, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(245, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 11.59, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 26.98, 295.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% 0.0221 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.07 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7274, 50.9122, 84.8751)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8EA #E6EAB8

analogous

#B8CDEA #BCB8EA #D5B8EA

triadic

#BCB8EA #EABCB8 #B8EABC

tetradic

#BCB8EA #EAB8CD #E6EAB8 #B8EAD5

square

#BCB8EA #EAB8CD #E6EAB8 #B8EAD5

split-complementary

#BCB8EA #EAD5B8 #CDEAB8

monochromatic

#635ACE #8F89DC #BCB8EA #E9E7F8 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8EA

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8EA	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.070 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf0',
    500: '#bcb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ea;
$custom-light: #d0cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.8,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80284,
    "c": 0.07025,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8EA

secondary

#C0C680

accent

#C224B5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8EA

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

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