#BCB9CE#BCB9CE

#BCB9CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.030 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9CE
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(249, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 5.09, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 11.38, 296.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0112 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.03 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2264, 49.8453, 65.4083)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9CE #CBCEB9

analogous

#B9C1CE #BCB9CE #C7B9CE

triadic

#BCB9CE #CEBCB9 #B9CEBC

tetradic

#BCB9CE #CEB9C1 #CBCEB9 #B9CEC7

square

#BCB9CE #CEB9C1 #CBCEB9 #B9CEC7

split-complementary

#BCB9CE #CEC7B9 #C1CEB9

monochromatic

#77719C #9A95B5 #BCB9CE #DEDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BCB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9CE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9CE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.030 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedd',
    500: '#bcb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ce;
$custom-light: #d0cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79477,
    "c": 0.02955,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C4A90

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9CE

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

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