#BCB9DA#BCB9DA

#BCB9DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.046 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9DA
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(245, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(245, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 7.57, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 17.82, 295.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0155 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.046 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7402, 50.4508, 73.3809)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9DA #D7DAB9

analogous

#B9C7DA #BCB9DA #CDB9DA

triadic

#BCB9DA #DABCB9 #B9DABC

tetradic

#BCB9DA #DAB9C7 #D7DAB9 #B9DACD

square

#BCB9DA #DAB9C7 #D7DAB9 #B9DACD

split-complementary

#BCB9DA #DACDB9 #C7DAB9

monochromatic

#6F69B0 #9691C5 #BCB9DA #E2E1EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BCB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9DA

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9DA	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.046 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee5',
    500: '#bcb9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9da;
$custom-light: #d0cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79889,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9DA

secondary

#ADB186

accent

#AA3CA0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9DA

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

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