#BCB8DC#BCB8DC

#BCB8DC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.051 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8DC
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(247, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(247, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 8.54, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 19.48, 296.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0176 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.051 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7950, 50.1392, 74.6980)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8DC #D8DCB8

analogous

#B8C6DC #BCB8DC #CEB8DC

triadic

#BCB8DC #DCBCB8 #B8DCBC

tetradic

#BCB8DC #DCB8C6 #D8DCB8 #B8DCCE

square

#BCB8DC #DCB8C6 #D8DCB8 #B8DCCE

split-complementary

#BCB8DC #DCCEB8 #C6DCB8

monochromatic

#6F66B4 #958FC8 #BCB8DC #E3E1F0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BCB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8DC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8DC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.051 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cde7',
    500: '#bcb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8dc;
$custom-light: #d0cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79762,
    "c": 0.05065,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8DC

secondary

#AEB485

accent

#AD39A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8DC

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

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