#BCB9EA#BCB9EA

#BCB9EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.069 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9EA
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(244, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(244, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 11.04, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 26.40, 294.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0207 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.069 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9358, 51.3291, 84.9445)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9EA #E7EAB9

analogous

#B9CFEA #BCB9EA #D4B9EA

triadic

#BCB9EA #EABCB9 #B9EABC

tetradic

#BCB9EA #EAB9CF #E7EAB9 #B9EAD4

square

#BCB9EA #EAB9CF #E7EAB9 #B9EAD4

split-complementary

#BCB9EA #EAD4B9 #CFEAB9

monochromatic

#625BCE #8F8ADC #BCB9EA #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9EA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9EA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.069 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef0',
    500: '#bcb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ea;
$custom-light: #d0cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.673,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9EA

secondary

#C2C681

accent

#C124B8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9EA

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

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