#BCB9DF#BCB9DF

#BCB9DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.053 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9DF
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(245, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, 8.63, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 20.50, 294.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0172 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.053 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4043, 50.7165, 76.8788)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9DF #DCDFB9

analogous

#B9C9DF #BCB9DF #CFB9DF

triadic

#BCB9DF #DFBCB9 #B9DFBC

tetradic

#BCB9DF #DFB9C9 #DCDFB9 #B9DFCF

square

#BCB9DF #DFB9C9 #DCDFB9 #B9DFCF

split-complementary

#BCB9DF #DFCFB9 #C9DFB9

monochromatic

#6C65B9 #948FCC #BCB9DF #E4E3F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BCB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9DF

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9DF	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.053 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee9',
    500: '#bcb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9df;
$custom-light: #d0cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.737,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80069,
    "c": 0.05338,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9DF

secondary

#B3B785

accent

#B035A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9DF

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

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