#BCBFE9#BCBFE9

#BCBFE9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.059 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFE9
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 233)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, 7.56, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 22.49, 289.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% 0.0121 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.059 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0743, 53.8353, 84.6173)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFE9 #E9E6BC

analogous

#BCD5E9 #BCBFE9 #CFBCE9

triadic

#BCBFE9 #E9BCBF #BFE9BC

tetradic

#BCBFE9 #E9BCD5 #E9E6BC #BCE9CF

square

#BCBFE9 #E9BCD5 #E9E6BC #BCE9CF

split-complementary

#BCBFE9 #E9CFBC #D5E9BC

monochromatic

#6067CB #8E93DA #BCBFE9 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BCBFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BCBFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFE9

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFE9	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)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.059 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2f0',
    500: '#bcbfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfe9;
$custom-light: #d0d2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81627,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFE9

secondary

#C5C085

accent

#B428BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFE9

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

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