#BCB8EE#BCB8EE

#BCB8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.076 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8EE
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(244, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(244, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 12.48, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 29.12, 295.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0234 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.076 288)
XYZ	xyz(53.3085, 51.1446, 87.9357)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8EE #EAEEB8

analogous

#B8CFEE #BCB8EE #D7B8EE

triadic

#BCB8EE #EEBCB8 #B8EEBC

tetradic

#BCB8EE #EEB8CF #EAEEB8 #B8EED7

square

#BCB8EE #EEB8CF #EAEEB8 #B8EED7

split-complementary

#BCB8EE #EED7B8 #CFEEB8

monochromatic

#5F55D6 #8D87E2 #BCB8EE #E8E6F9 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BCB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8EE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8EE	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.076 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdf3',
    500: '#bcb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ee;
$custom-light: #d1cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8044,
    "c": 0.07583,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.51145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8EE

secondary

#C6CC7E

accent

#C91CBC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8EE

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

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