#BCBAD5#BCBAD5

#BCBAD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.038 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD5
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(244, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 5.98, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 14.56, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0123 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.038 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3057, 50.6129, 70.0569)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD5 #D3D5BA

analogous

#BAC5D5 #BCBAD5 #C9BAD5

triadic

#BCBAD5 #D5BCBA #BAD5BC

tetradic

#BCBAD5 #D5BAC5 #D3D5BA #BAD5C9

square

#BCBAD5 #D5BAC5 #D3D5BA #BAD5C9

split-complementary

#BCBAD5 #D5C9BA #C5D5BA

monochromatic

#726EA7 #9794BE #BCBAD5 #E1E0EC #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BCBAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD5

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD5	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.038 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee2',
    500: '#bcbad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad5;
$custom-light: #d0cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79914,
    "c": 0.03789,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD5

secondary

#A8AB88

accent

#A3439C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD5

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

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