#BCBFE8#BCBFE8

#BCBFE8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.058 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFE8
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 232)
HSL	hsl(236, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 7.34, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 21.95, 289.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% 0.0117 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.058 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9319, 53.7783, 83.8671)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFE8 #E8E5BC

analogous

#BCD5E8 #BCBFE8 #CFBCE8

triadic

#BCBFE8 #E8BCBF #BFE8BC

tetradic

#BCBFE8 #E8BCD5 #E8E5BC #BCE8CF

square

#BCBFE8 #E8BCD5 #E8E5BC #BCE8CF

split-complementary

#BCBFE8 #E8CFBC #D5E8BC

monochromatic

#6168C9 #8E93D8 #BCBFE8 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCBFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BCBFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFE8

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFE8	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.058 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ef',
    500: '#bcbfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfe8;
$custom-light: #d0d2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.909,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8159,
    "c": 0.05763,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFE8

secondary

#C3BF85

accent

#B229BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFE8

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

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