#BCB8DD#BCB8DD

#BCB8DD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.052 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8DD
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(246, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(246, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 8.75, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 20.01, 295.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0179 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.052 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9278, 50.1924, 75.3976)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8DD #D9DDB8

analogous

#B8C7DD #BCB8DD #CFB8DD

triadic

#BCB8DD #DDBCB8 #B8DDBC

tetradic

#BCB8DD #DDB8C7 #D9DDB8 #B8DDCF

square

#BCB8DD #DDB8C7 #D9DDB8 #B8DDCF

split-complementary

#BCB8DD #DDCFB8 #C7DDB8

monochromatic

#6E65B5 #958FC9 #BCB8DD #E3E1F1 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BCB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8DD

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8DD	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.052 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cde7',
    500: '#bcb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8dd;
$custom-light: #d0cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.486,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.05205,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8DD

secondary

#B0B584

accent

#AE37A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8DD

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

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