#BCB8D4#BCB8D4

#BCB8D4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.039 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8D4
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(249, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(249, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 6.86, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 15.18, 296.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0148 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.039 292)
XYZ	xyz(49.7608, 49.7255, 69.2510)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8D4 #D0D4B8

analogous

#B8C2D4 #BCB8D4 #CAB8D4

triadic

#BCB8D4 #D4BCB8 #B8D4BC

tetradic

#BCB8D4 #D4B8C2 #D0D4B8 #B8D4CA

square

#BCB8D4 #D4B8C2 #D0D4B8 #B8D4CA

split-complementary

#BCB8D4 #D4CAB8 #C2D4B8

monochromatic

#746CA6 #9892BD #BCB8D4 #E0DEEB #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCB8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8D4

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8D4	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.039 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cde1',
    500: '#bcb8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8d4;
$custom-light: #d0cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7948,
    "c": 0.03945,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.49726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8D4

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A34295

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8D4

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

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