#BCBAD8#BCBAD8

#BCBAD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.042 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD8
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(244, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 6.61, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 16.17, 294.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0133 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.042 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6900, 50.7666, 72.0808)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAD8 #D6D8BA

analogous

#BAC7D8 #BCBAD8 #CBBAD8

triadic

#BCBAD8 #D8BCBA #BAD8BC

tetradic

#BCBAD8 #D8BAC7 #D6D8BA #BAD8CB

square

#BCBAD8 #D8BAC7 #D6D8BA #BAD8CB

split-complementary

#BCBAD8 #D8CBBA #C7D8BA

monochromatic

#706CAC #9693C2 #BCBAD8 #E2E1EE #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BCBAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD8

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD8	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.042 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee4',
    500: '#bcbad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad8;
$custom-light: #d0cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80018,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD8

secondary

#ACAF88

accent

#A63FA0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD8

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

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