#BCBAD4#BCBAD4

#BCBAD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.036 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD4
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(245, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 5.78, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 14.02, 294.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0119 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.036 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1792, 50.5623, 69.3905)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD4 #D2D4BA

analogous

#BAC5D4 #BCBAD4 #C9BAD4

triadic

#BCBAD4 #D4BCBA #BAD4BC

tetradic

#BCBAD4 #D4BAC5 #D2D4BA #BAD4C9

square

#BCBAD4 #D4BAC5 #D2D4BA #BAD4C9

split-complementary

#BCBAD4 #D4C9BA #C5D4BA

monochromatic

#736FA5 #9794BD #BCBAD4 #E1E0EB #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BCBAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD4

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD4	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.036 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee1',
    500: '#bcbad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad4;
$custom-light: #d0cee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7988,
    "c": 0.03648,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD4

secondary

#A7AA89

accent

#A2449A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD4

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

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