#BCB9EC#BCB9EC

#BCB9EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.072 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9EC
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(244, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(244, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 11.49, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 27.47, 294.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0214 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.072 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2248, 51.4447, 86.4663)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9EC #E9ECB9

analogous

#B9D0EC #BCB9EC #D5B9EC

triadic

#BCB9EC #ECBCB9 #B9ECBC

tetradic

#BCB9EC #ECB9D0 #E9ECB9 #B9ECD5

square

#BCB9EC #ECB9D0 #E9ECB9 #B9ECD5

split-complementary

#BCB9EC #ECD5B9 #D0ECB9

monochromatic

#6059D2 #8E89DF #BCB9EC #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9EC

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9EC	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.072 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef2',
    500: '#bcb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ec;
$custom-light: #d0cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80557,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9EC

secondary

#C5C980

accent

#C521BB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9EC

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

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