#BCB8DB#BCB8DB

#BCB8DB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.049 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8DB
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(247, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(247, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 8.32, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 18.94, 296.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% 0.0172 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.049 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6630, 50.0864, 74.0026)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8DB #D7DBB8

analogous

#B8C6DB #BCB8DB #CEB8DB

triadic

#BCB8DB #DBBCB8 #B8DBBC

tetradic

#BCB8DB #DBB8C6 #D7DBB8 #B8DBCE

square

#BCB8DB #DBB8C6 #D7DBB8 #B8DBCE

split-complementary

#BCB8DB #DBCEB8 #C6DBB8

monochromatic

#6F67B2 #968FC6 #BCB8DB #E2E1F0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8DB

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8DB	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.049 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cde6',
    500: '#bcb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8db;
$custom-light: #d0cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.857,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.04925,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8DB

secondary

#ADB285

accent

#AB3A9F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8DB

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

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