#BCBAD2#BCBAD2

#BCBAD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.034 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD2
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(245, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 5.37, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 12.95, 294.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% 0.0112 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.034 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9284, 50.4620, 68.0700)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD2 #D0D2BA

analogous

#BAC4D2 #BCBAD2 #C8BAD2

triadic

#BCBAD2 #D2BCBA #BAD2BC

tetradic

#BCBAD2 #D2BAC4 #D0D2BA #BAD2C8

square

#BCBAD2 #D2BAC4 #D0D2BA #BAD2C8

split-complementary

#BCBAD2 #D2C8BA #C4D2BA

monochromatic

#7470A2 #9895BA #BCBAD2 #E0DFEA #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BCBAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD2	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)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.034 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedf',
    500: '#bcbad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad2;
$custom-light: #d0cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79812,
    "c": 0.03367,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD2

secondary

#A5A789

accent

#9F4698

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD2

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

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