#BCB8FF#BCB8FF

#BCB8FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.099 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8FF
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 255)
HSL	hsl(243, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(243, 28%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, 16.41, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 38.19, 295.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0283 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.099 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9250, 52.1912, 101.7158)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8FF #FBFFB8

analogous

#B8D7FF #BCB8FF #DFB8FF

triadic

#BCB8FF #FFBCB8 #B8FFBC

tetradic

#BCB8FF #FFB8D7 #FBFFB8 #B8FFDF

square

#BCB8FF #FFB8D7 #FBFFB8 #B8FFDF

split-complementary

#BCB8FF #FFDFB8 #D7FFB8

monochromatic

#483EFF #827BFF #BCB8FF #E2E0FF #E2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCB8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BCB8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8FF

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8FF	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.099 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdff',
    500: '#bcb8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ff;
$custom-light: #d1cdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.38,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81134,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8FF

secondary

#E0E775

accent

#E600D9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8FF

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

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