#BCBDF5#BCBDF5

#BCBDF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.079 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDF5
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 245)
HSL	hsl(239, 74%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(239, 23%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, 11.35, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 30.00, 292.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% 0.0186 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.079 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4140, 53.6781, 93.8099)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDF5 #F5F4BC

analogous

#BCDAF5 #BCBDF5 #D7BCF5

triadic

#BCBDF5 #F5BCBD #BDF5BC

tetradic

#BCBDF5 #F5BCDA #F5F4BC #BCF5D7

square

#BCBDF5 #F5BCDA #F5F4BC #BCF5D7

split-complementary

#BCBDF5 #F5D7BC #DAF5BC

monochromatic

#5154E5 #8789ED #BCBDF5 #E4E5FB #E4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCBDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BCBDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDF5

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDF5	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC3F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.079 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f8',
    500: '#bcbdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdf5;
$custom-light: #d1d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.947,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81692,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDF5

secondary

#D6D57F

accent

#D30FD6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDF5

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

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