#BCB8D2#BCB8D2

#BCB8D2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.037 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8D2
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(249, 22%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(249, 12%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 6.45, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 14.11, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0141 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.037 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5100, 49.6253, 67.9306)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8D2 #CED2B8

analogous

#B8C1D2 #BCB8D2 #C9B8D2

triadic

#BCB8D2 #D2BCB8 #B8D2BC

tetradic

#BCB8D2 #D2B8C1 #CED2B8 #B8D2C9

square

#BCB8D2 #D2B8C1 #CED2B8 #B8D2C9

split-complementary

#BCB8D2 #D2C9B8 #C1D2B8

monochromatic

#756DA3 #9993BA #BCB8D2 #DFDDEA #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCB8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8D2

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8D2	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BBD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.037 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cddf',
    500: '#bcb8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8d2;
$custom-light: #d0cddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79411,
    "c": 0.03666,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8D2

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A14593

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8D2

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

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