#BCB6DD#BCB6DD

#BCB6DD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.055 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6DD
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(249, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 9.84, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 21.19, 297.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0208 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.055 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5153, 49.3673, 75.2601)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6DD #D7DDB6

analogous

#B6C4DD #BCB6DD #D0B6DD

triadic

#BCB6DD #DDBCB6 #B6DDBC

tetradic

#BCB6DD #DDB6C4 #D7DDB6 #B6DDD0

square

#BCB6DD #DDB6C4 #D7DDB6 #B6DDD0

split-complementary

#BCB6DD #DDD0B6 #C4DDB6

monochromatic

#6F62B6 #968CCA #BCB6DD #E2E0F0 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6DD

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6DD	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.055 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbe7',
    500: '#bcb6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6dd;
$custom-light: #d0cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79403,
    "c": 0.05506,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6DD

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#AF369D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6DD

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

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