#BCBADA#BCBADA

#BCBADA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.045 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBADA
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 218)
HSL	hsl(244, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 7.03, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 17.25, 294.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.014 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.045 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9501, 50.8707, 73.4509)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBADA #D8DABA

analogous

#BAC8DA #BCBADA #CCBADA

triadic

#BCBADA #DABCBA #BADABC

tetradic

#BCBADA #DABAC8 #D8DABA #BADACC

square

#BCBADA #DABAC8 #D8DABA #BADACC

split-complementary

#BCBADA #DACCBA #C8DABA

monochromatic

#6F6AAF #9592C5 #BCBADA #E3E2EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BCBADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBADA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBADA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.045 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee5',
    500: '#bcbada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbada;
$custom-light: #d0cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 30.189,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80089,
    "c": 0.04491,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBADA

secondary

#AEB187

accent

#A93DA2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBADA

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

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