#BCB8F9#BCB8F9

#BCB8F9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.091 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8F9
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 249)
HSL	hsl(244, 84%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(244, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 15.01, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 35.00, 295.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% 0.0266 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.091 287)
XYZ	xyz(54.9742, 51.8109, 96.7083)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8F9 #F5F9B8

analogous

#B8D5F9 #BCB8F9 #DCB8F9

triadic

#BCB8F9 #F9BCB8 #B8F9BC

tetradic

#BCB8F9 #F9B8D5 #F5F9B8 #B8F9DC

square

#BCB8F9 #F9B8D5 #F5F9B8 #B8F9DC

split-complementary

#BCB8F9 #F9DCB8 #D5F9B8

monochromatic

#5147EF #8780F4 #BCB8F9 #E4E3FD #E4E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCB8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BCB8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8F9

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8F9	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BDF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.091 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdfb',
    500: '#bcb8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8f9;
$custom-light: #d1cdfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.692,
    "s": 84.416,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80883,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.51812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8F9

secondary

#D6DC79

accent

#E105D3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8F9

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

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