#BCB8EC#BCB8EC

#BCB8EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.073 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8EC
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(245, 58%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(245, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, 12.03, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 28.05, 295.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0228 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.073 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0163, 51.0278, 86.3968)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8EC #E8ECB8

analogous

#B8CEEC #BCB8EC #D6B8EC

triadic

#BCB8EC #ECBCB8 #B8ECBC

tetradic

#BCB8EC #ECB8CE #E8ECB8 #B8ECD6

square

#BCB8EC #ECB8CE #E8ECB8 #B8ECD6

split-complementary

#BCB8EC #ECD6B8 #CEECB8

monochromatic

#6157D2 #8E88DF #BCB8EC #E8E7F9 #E8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BCB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8EC

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8EC	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.073 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf2',
    500: '#bcb8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ec;
$custom-light: #d0cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80362,
    "c": 0.07304,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8EC

secondary

#C3C97F

accent

#C520B9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8EC

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

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