#BCBDF4#BCBDF4

#BCBDF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.077 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDF4
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 244)
HSL	hsl(239, 72%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(239, 23%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 22.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, 11.12, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 29.46, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% 0.0183 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.077 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2617, 53.6172, 93.0081)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDF4 #F4F3BC

analogous

#BCD9F4 #BCBDF4 #D7BCF4

triadic

#BCBDF4 #F4BCBD #BDF4BC

tetradic

#BCBDF4 #F4BCD9 #F4F3BC #BCF4D7

square

#BCBDF4 #F4BCD9 #F4F3BC #BCF4D7

split-complementary

#BCBDF4 #F4D7BC #D9F4BC

monochromatic

#5355E3 #8789EB #BCBDF4 #E5E5FB #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCBDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#BCBDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDF4

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDF4	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC3F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC0F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.077 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f8',
    500: '#bcbdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdf4;
$custom-light: #d1d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.929,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81653,
    "c": 0.07713,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDF4

secondary

#D5D37F

accent

#D012D4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDF4

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

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