#BCBDEF#BCBDEF

#BCBDEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.070 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDEF
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(239, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 9.98, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 26.80, 291.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% 0.0168 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.07 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5128, 53.3176, 89.0639)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDEF #EFEEBC

analogous

#BCD6EF #BCBDEF #D4BCEF

triadic

#BCBDEF #EFBCBD #BDEFBC

tetradic

#BCBDEF #EFBCD6 #EFEEBC #BCEFD4

square

#BCBDEF #EFBCD6 #EFEEBC #BCEFD4

split-complementary

#BCBDEF #EFD4BC #D6EFBC

monochromatic

#595CD7 #8B8CE3 #BCBDEF #E6E7F9 #E6E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCBDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BCBDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDEF

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDEF	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.070 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f4',
    500: '#bcbdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdef;
$custom-light: #d0d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.824,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81458,
    "c": 0.07014,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDEF

secondary

#CDCC82

accent

#C61CC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDEF

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

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