#BCBAD3#BCBAD3

#BCBAD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.035 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD3
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 211)
HSL	hsl(245, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 5.57, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 13.49, 294.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0116 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.035 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0534, 50.5120, 68.7282)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD3 #D1D3BA

analogous

#BAC4D3 #BCBAD3 #C8BAD3

triadic

#BCBAD3 #D3BCBA #BAD3BC

tetradic

#BCBAD3 #D3BAC4 #D1D3BA #BAD3C8

square

#BCBAD3 #D3BAC4 #D1D3BA #BAD3C8

split-complementary

#BCBAD3 #D3C8BA #C4D3BA

monochromatic

#736FA3 #9895BB #BCBAD3 #E0DFEB #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BCBAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD3

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD3	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)

#B5BDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.035 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee0',
    500: '#bcbad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad3;
$custom-light: #d0cee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.8,
    "s": 22.124,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79846,
    "c": 0.03507,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD3

secondary

#A6A889

accent

#A14599

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD3

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

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