#BCBAD0#BCBAD0

#BCBAD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.031 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD0
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(245, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 4.96, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 11.88, 294.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0105 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.031 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6808, 50.3630, 66.7660)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD0 #CED0BA

analogous

#BAC3D0 #BCBAD0 #C7BAD0

triadic

#BCBAD0 #D0BCBA #BAD0BC

tetradic

#BCBAD0 #D0BAC3 #CED0BA #BAD0C7

square

#BCBAD0 #D0BAC3 #CED0BA #BAD0C7

split-complementary

#BCBAD0 #D0C7BA #C3D0BA

monochromatic

#75719E #9996B7 #BCBAD0 #DFDEE9 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BCBAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD0

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD0	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.031 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cede',
    500: '#bcbad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad0;
$custom-light: #d0cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79745,
    "c": 0.03086,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD0

secondary

#A2A589

accent

#9D4896

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD0

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

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