#BCB9EF#BCB9EF

#BCB9EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.076 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9EF
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(243, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(243, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 12.16, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 29.08, 294.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0223 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.076 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6643, 51.6205, 88.7811)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9EF #ECEFB9

analogous

#B9D1EF #BCB9EF #D7B9EF

triadic

#BCB9EF #EFBCB9 #B9EFBC

tetradic

#BCB9EF #EFB9D1 #ECEFB9 #B9EFD7

square

#BCB9EF #EFB9D1 #ECEFB9 #B9EFD7

split-complementary

#BCB9EF #EFD7B9 #D1EFB9

monochromatic

#5D55D8 #8C87E4 #BCB9EF #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BCB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9EF

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9EF	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.076 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef4',
    500: '#bcb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ef;
$custom-light: #d1cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80674,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9EF

secondary

#C9CD7F

accent

#CB1BC1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9EF

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

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