#BCB9DB#BCB9DB

#BCB9DB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.048 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9DB
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(245, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(245, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 7.78, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 18.36, 295.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0158 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.048 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8714, 50.5033, 74.0721)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9DB #D8DBB9

analogous

#B9C7DB #BCB9DB #CDB9DB

triadic

#BCB9DB #DBBCB9 #B9DBBC

tetradic

#BCB9DB #DBB9C7 #D8DBB9 #B9DBCD

square

#BCB9DB #DBB9C7 #D8DBB9 #B9DBCD

split-complementary

#BCB9DB #DBCDB9 #C7DBB9

monochromatic

#6F68B1 #9591C6 #BCB9DB #E3E1F0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BCB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9DB

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9DB	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.048 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee6',
    500: '#bcb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9db;
$custom-light: #d0cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.294,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79925,
    "c": 0.04777,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9DB

secondary

#AEB286

accent

#AB3BA1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9DB

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

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