#BCBDEA#BCBDEA

#BCBDEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.063 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDEA
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(239, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 8.86, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 24.13, 291.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0152 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.063 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7844, 53.0262, 85.2274)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDEA #EAE9BC

analogous

#BCD4EA #BCBDEA #D2BCEA

triadic

#BCBDEA #EABCBD #BDEABC

tetradic

#BCBDEA #EABCD4 #EAE9BC #BCEAD2

square

#BCBDEA #EABCD4 #EAE9BC #BCEAD2

split-complementary

#BCBDEA #EAD2BC #D4EABC

monochromatic

#5F61CD #8D8FDB #BCBDEA #E8E8F8 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BCBDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDEA

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDEA	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.063 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f0',
    500: '#bcbdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdea;
$custom-light: #d0d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.696,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDEA

secondary

#C6C584

accent

#BC26C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDEA

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

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