#BCBDEB#BCBDEB

#BCBDEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.065 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDEB
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(239, 54%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, 9.09, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 24.66, 291.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% 0.0155 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.065 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9285, 53.0839, 85.9861)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDEB #EBEABC

analogous

#BCD4EB #BCBDEB #D2BCEB

triadic

#BCBDEB #EBBCBD #BDEBBC

tetradic

#BCBDEB #EBBCD4 #EBEABC #BCEBD2

square

#BCBDEB #EBBCD4 #EBEABC #BCEBD2

split-complementary

#BCBDEB #EBD2BC #D4EBBC

monochromatic

#5E60CF #8D8FDD #BCBDEB #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BCBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDEB

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDEB	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.065 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f1',
    500: '#bcbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdeb;
$custom-light: #d0d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.723,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81305,
    "c": 0.06455,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDEB

secondary

#C7C684

accent

#BE24C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDEB

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

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