#BCB9CF#BCB9CF

#BCB9CF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.031 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9CF
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(248, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(248, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 5.30, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 11.92, 296.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0116 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.031 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3483, 49.8941, 66.0501)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9CF #CCCFB9

analogous

#B9C1CF #BCB9CF #C7B9CF

triadic

#BCB9CF #CFBCB9 #B9CFBC

tetradic

#BCB9CF #CFB9C1 #CCCFB9 #B9CFC7

square

#BCB9CF #CFB9C1 #CCCFB9 #B9CFC7

split-complementary

#BCB9CF #CFC7B9 #C1CFB9

monochromatic

#77709D #9995B6 #BCB9CF #DFDDE8 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9CF

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9CF	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.031 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedd',
    500: '#bcb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9cf;
$custom-light: #d0cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.182,
    "s": 18.644,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7951,
    "c": 0.03095,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9CF

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9D4991

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9CF

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

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