#BCB9EB#BCB9EB

#BCB9EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.070 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9EB
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 235)
HSL	hsl(244, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(244, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 21.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, 11.26, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 26.94, 294.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.0211 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.07 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0799, 51.3867, 85.7033)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9EB #E8EBB9

analogous

#B9CFEB #BCB9EB #D5B9EB

triadic

#BCB9EB #EBBCB9 #B9EBBC

tetradic

#BCB9EB #EBB9CF #E8EBB9 #B9EBD5

square

#BCB9EB #EBB9CF #E8EBB9 #B9EBD5

split-complementary

#BCB9EB #EBD5B9 #CFEBB9

monochromatic

#615AD0 #8E89DD #BCB9EB #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCB9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BCB9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9EB

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9EB	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.070 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef1',
    500: '#bcb9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9eb;
$custom-light: #d0cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.6,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9EB

secondary

#C3C781

accent

#C322B9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9EB

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

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