#BCB9CD#BCB9CD

#BCB9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.028 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9CD
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(249, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 4.89, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 10.85, 296.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0108 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.028 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1053, 49.7969, 64.7705)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9CD #CACDB9

analogous

#B9C0CD #BCB9CD #C6B9CD

triadic

#BCB9CD #CDBCB9 #B9CDBC

tetradic

#BCB9CD #CDB9C0 #CACDB9 #B9CDC6

square

#BCB9CD #CDB9C0 #CACDB9 #B9CDC6

split-complementary

#BCB9CD #CDC6B9 #C0CDB9

monochromatic

#78729A #9A95B4 #BCB9CD #DEDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9CD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9CD	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.028 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedc',
    500: '#bcb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9cd;
$custom-light: #d0cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79444,
    "c": 0.02816,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9CD

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9B4B8F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9CD

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

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