#BCBFE5#BCBFE5

#BCBFE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.053 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFE5
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, 6.68, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 20.35, 289.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0107 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.053 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5094, 53.6093, 81.6420)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFE5 #E5E2BC

analogous

#BCD4E5 #BCBFE5 #CEBCE5

triadic

#BCBFE5 #E5BCBF #BFE5BC

tetradic

#BCBFE5 #E5BCD4 #E5E2BC #BCE5CE

square

#BCBFE5 #E5BCD4 #E5E2BC #BCE5CE

split-complementary

#BCBFE5 #E5CEBC #D4E5BC

monochromatic

#646BC3 #9095D4 #BCBFE5 #E8E9F6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCBFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#BCBFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFE5

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFE5	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)

#B5C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.053 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ed',
    500: '#bcbfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfe5;
$custom-light: #d0d2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8148,
    "c": 0.05342,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFE5

secondary

#BFBB86

accent

#AD2EB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFE5

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

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