#BCB8DA#BCB8DA

#BCB8DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.048 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8DA
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(247, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(247, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 8.11, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 18.40, 296.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0169 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.048 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5317, 50.0339, 73.3114)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8DA #D6DAB8

analogous

#B8C5DA #BCB8DA #CDB8DA

triadic

#BCB8DA #DABCB8 #B8DABC

tetradic

#BCB8DA #DAB8C5 #D6DAB8 #B8DACD

square

#BCB8DA #DAB8C5 #D6DAB8 #B8DACD

split-complementary

#BCB8DA #DACDB8 #C5DAB8

monochromatic

#7068B0 #9690C5 #BCB8DA #E2E0EF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BCB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8DA

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8DA	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.048 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cde5',
    500: '#bcb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8da;
$custom-light: #d0cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7969,
    "c": 0.04785,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8DA

secondary

#ACB185

accent

#AA3B9D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8DA

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

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