#BCBDF8#BCBDF8

#BCBDF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.083 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDF8
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 248)
HSL	hsl(239, 81%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(239, 24%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, 12.04, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 31.60, 292.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% 0.0195 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.083 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8757, 53.8628, 96.2414)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDF8 #F8F7BC

analogous

#BCDBF8 #BCBDF8 #D9BCF8

triadic

#BCBDF8 #F8BCBD #BDF8BC

tetradic

#BCBDF8 #F8BCDB #F8F7BC #BCF8D9

square

#BCBDF8 #F8BCDB #F8F7BC #BCF8D9

split-complementary

#BCBDF8 #F8D9BC #DBF8BC

monochromatic

#4D50EC #8586F2 #BCBDF8 #E3E4FC #E3E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BCBDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BCBDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDF8

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDF8	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.083 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0fa',
    500: '#bcbdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdf8;
$custom-light: #d1d0fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239,
    "s": 81.081,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81812,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDF8

secondary

#DBDA7D

accent

#DA08DD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDF8

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

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