#BCB7DE#BCB7DE

#BCB7DE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.055 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7DE
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(248, 37%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(248, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 9.51, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 21.13, 296.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0197 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.055 291)
XYZ	xyz(50.8545, 49.8318, 76.0324)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7DE #D9DEB7

analogous

#B7C6DE #BCB7DE #D0B7DE

triadic

#BCB7DE #DEBCB7 #B7DEBC

tetradic

#BCB7DE #DEB7C6 #D9DEB7 #B7DED0

square

#BCB7DE #DEB7C6 #D9DEB7 #B7DED0

split-complementary

#BCB7DE #DED0B7 #C6DEB7

monochromatic

#6E63B8 #958DCB #BCB7DE #E3E1F1 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCB7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BCB7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7DE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7DE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.055 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cce8',
    500: '#bcb7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7de;
$custom-light: #d0cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.692,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79637,
    "c": 0.05494,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.49832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7DE

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B035A0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7DE

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

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