#BCB9EE#BCB9EE

#BCB9EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.074 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9EE
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(243, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, 11.94, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 28.54, 294.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.022 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.074 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5169, 51.5615, 88.0052)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9EE #EBEEB9

analogous

#B9D0EE #BCB9EE #D6B9EE

triadic

#BCB9EE #EEBCB9 #B9EEBC

tetradic

#BCB9EE #EEB9D0 #EBEEB9 #B9EED6

square

#BCB9EE #EEB9D0 #EBEEB9 #B9EED6

split-complementary

#BCB9EE #EED6B9 #D0EEB9

monochromatic

#5E57D6 #8D88E2 #BCB9EE #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BCB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9EE

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9EE	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.074 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef3',
    500: '#bcb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ee;
$custom-light: #d1cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.396,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80635,
    "c": 0.07438,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9EE

secondary

#C7CC7F

accent

#C91DBF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9EE

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

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