#BCB9FF#BCB9FF

#BCB9FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.098 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9FF
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 255)
HSL	hsl(243, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(243, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, 15.87, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 37.61, 294.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% 0.027 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.098 286)
XYZ	xyz(56.1334, 52.6081, 101.7853)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9FF #FCFFB9

analogous

#B9D9FF #BCB9FF #DFB9FF

triadic

#BCB9FF #FFBCB9 #B9FFBC

tetradic

#BCB9FF #FFB9D9 #FCFFB9 #B9FFDF

square

#BCB9FF #FFB9D9 #FCFFB9 #B9FFDF

split-complementary

#BCB9FF #FFDFB9 #D9FFB9

monochromatic

#473FFF #817CFF #BCB9FF #E2E0FF #E2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCB9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BCB9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9FF

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9FF	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.098 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ceff',
    500: '#bcb9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ff;
$custom-light: #d1ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.571,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81326,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.52609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9FF

secondary

#E2E775

accent

#E600DC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9FF

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

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