#BCB8EF#BCB8EF

#BCB8EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.077 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8EF
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 239)
HSL	hsl(244, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(244, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 12.71, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 29.66, 295.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0237 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.077 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4558, 51.2036, 88.7116)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8EF #EBEFB8

analogous

#B8CFEF #BCB8EF #D7B8EF

triadic

#BCB8EF #EFBCB8 #B8EFBC

tetradic

#BCB8EF #EFB8CF #EBEFB8 #B8EFD7

square

#BCB8EF #EFB8CF #EBEFB8 #B8EFD7

split-complementary

#BCB8EF #EFD7B8 #CFEFB8

monochromatic

#5E54D8 #8D86E4 #BCB8EF #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCB8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCB8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8EF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8EF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.077 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdf4',
    500: '#bcb8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ef;
$custom-light: #d1cdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.364,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8EF

secondary

#C7CD7E

accent

#CB1BBE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8EF

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

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