#BCBAD9#BCBAD9

#BCBAD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.043 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAD9
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(244, 29%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 6.82, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 16.71, 294.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0137 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.044 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8197, 50.8185, 72.7638)
Luminance	0.5082 (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

#BCBAD9 #D7D9BA

analogous

#BAC8D9 #BCBAD9 #CCBAD9

triadic

#BCBAD9 #D9BCBA #BAD9BC

tetradic

#BCBAD9 #D9BAC8 #D7D9BA #BAD9CC

square

#BCBAD9 #D9BAC8 #D7D9BA #BAD9CC

split-complementary

#BCBAD9 #D9CCBA #C8D9BA

monochromatic

#6F6BAE #9693C3 #BCBAD9 #E2E1EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BCBAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAD9

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAD9	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.043 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee4',
    500: '#bcbad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbad9;
$custom-light: #d0cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 28.972,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80053,
    "c": 0.0435,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAD9

secondary

#ADB087

accent

#A83EA1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAD9

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

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