#BCB9FA#BCB9FA

#BCB9FA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.091 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9FA
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 250)
HSL	hsl(243, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(243, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 26%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 14.69, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 34.95, 294.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0256 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.091 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3390, 52.2904, 97.6014)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9FA #F7FAB9

analogous

#B9D6FA #BCB9FA #DCB9FA

triadic

#BCB9FA #FABCB9 #B9FABC

tetradic

#BCB9FA #FAB9D6 #F7FAB9 #B9FADC

square

#BCB9FA #FAB9D6 #F7FAB9 #B9FADC

split-complementary

#BCB9FA #FADCB9 #D6FAB9

monochromatic

#4F47F2 #8580F6 #BCB9FA #E4E2FD #E4E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCB9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BCB9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9FA

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9FA	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.091 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cefc',
    500: '#bcb9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9fa;
$custom-light: #d1cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.769,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81117,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9FA

secondary

#DADE79

accent

#E302D9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9FA

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

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