#BCB7DB#BCB7DB

#BCB7DB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.051 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCB7DB
RGBrgb(188, 183, 219)
HSLhsl(248, 33%, 79%)
HSVhsv(248, 16%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(14.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.87, 8.87, -17.40)
CIE-LCHlch(75.87, 19.53, 297.01°)
OKLaboklab(79.53% 0.0187 -0.0472)
OKLCHoklch(79.53% 0.051 291.6)
XYZxyz(50.4560, 49.6724, 73.9336)
Luminance0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCB7DB #D6DBB7
analogous
#B7C4DB #BCB7DB #CEB7DB
triadic
#BCB7DB #DBBCB7 #B7DBBC
tetradic
#BCB7DB #DBB7C4 #D6DBB7 #B7DBCE
square
#BCB7DB #DBB7C4 #D6DBB7 #B7DBCE
split-complementary
#BCB7DB #DBCEB7 #C4DBB7
monochromatic
#7065B2 #968EC7 #BCB7DB #E2E0EF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92
#BCB7DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93
#BCB7DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7DB
10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCB7DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCB7DB1.001.9210.9310.93
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9321.001.001.00
##00000010.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFBCDD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFBADA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6BDC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcb7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.051 291.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cce6',
    500: '#bcb7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcb7db;
$custom-light: #d0cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcb7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.333,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79528,
    "c": 0.05075,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCB7DB
secondary
#EAEBE0
accent
#AC399C
background
#FCFCFE
surface
#F9F8FC
border
#D2D1D5
text
#141315
muted
#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7DB

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#BCB7DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva