#BCBAD6#BCBAD6

#BCBAD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.039 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD6
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 6.19, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 15.10, 294.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.0126 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.039 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4330, 50.6639, 70.7274)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD6 #D4D6BA

analogous

#BAC6D6 #BCBAD6 #CABAD6

triadic

#BCBAD6 #D6BCBA #BAD6BC

tetradic

#BCBAD6 #D6BAC6 #D4D6BA #BAD6CA

square

#BCBAD6 #D6BAC6 #D4D6BA #BAD6CA

split-complementary

#BCBAD6 #D6CABA #C6D6BA

monochromatic

#716DA8 #9794BF #BCBAD6 #E1E0ED #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BCBAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD6

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD6	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.039 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee2',
    500: '#bcbad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad6;
$custom-light: #d0cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.03929,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD6

secondary

#AAAC88

accent

#A4429D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD6

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

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