#BCBAD7#BCBAD7

#BCBAD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.041 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD7
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 215)
HSL	hsl(244, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, 6.40, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 15.63, 294.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% 0.013 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.041 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5611, 50.7151, 71.4021)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD7 #D5D7BA

analogous

#BAC6D7 #BCBAD7 #CABAD7

triadic

#BCBAD7 #D7BCBA #BAD7BC

tetradic

#BCBAD7 #D7BAC6 #D5D7BA #BAD7CA

square

#BCBAD7 #D7BAC6 #D5D7BA #BAD7CA

split-complementary

#BCBAD7 #D7CABA #C6D7BA

monochromatic

#716DAA #9693C1 #BCBAD7 #E2E1ED #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBAD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BCBAD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD7

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD7	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.041 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee3',
    500: '#bcbad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad7;
$custom-light: #d0cee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.138,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79983,
    "c": 0.04069,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD7

secondary

#ABAD88

accent

#A5409E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD7

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

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