#BCBAD1#BCBAD1

#BCBAD1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.032 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD1
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 209)
HSL	hsl(245, 20%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 11%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 5.16, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 12.41, 294.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.0109 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.032 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8042, 50.4124, 67.4159)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD1 #CFD1BA

analogous

#BAC4D1 #BCBAD1 #C7BAD1

triadic

#BCBAD1 #D1BCBA #BAD1BC

tetradic

#BCBAD1 #D1BAC4 #CFD1BA #BAD1C7

square

#BCBAD1 #D1BAC4 #CFD1BA #BAD1C7

split-complementary

#BCBAD1 #D1C7BA #C4D1BA

monochromatic

#7571A0 #9895B9 #BCBAD1 #E0DFE9 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBAD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBAD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD1

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD1	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.032 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedf',
    500: '#bcbad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad1;
$custom-light: #d0cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.217,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79778,
    "c": 0.03227,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD1

secondary

#A4A689

accent

#9E4797

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD1

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

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