#BCB8EB#BCB8EB

#BCB8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.072 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8EB
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(245, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(245, 22%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 11.81, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 27.52, 295.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0225 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.072 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8714, 50.9698, 85.6338)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8EB #E7EBB8

analogous

#B8CEEB #BCB8EB #D6B8EB

triadic

#BCB8EB #EBBCB8 #B8EBBC

tetradic

#BCB8EB #EBB8CE #E7EBB8 #B8EBD6

square

#BCB8EB #EBB8CE #E7EBB8 #B8EBD6

split-complementary

#BCB8EB #EBD6B8 #CEEBB8

monochromatic

#6259D0 #8F88DE #BCB8EB #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCB8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BCB8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8EB

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8EB	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.072 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf1',
    500: '#bcb8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8eb;
$custom-light: #d0cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.706,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80323,
    "c": 0.07165,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8EB

secondary

#C2C780

accent

#C422B7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8EB

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

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