#BCBADB#BCBADB

#BCBADB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.046 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBADB
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 219)
HSL	hsl(244, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 7.24, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 17.78, 294.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% 0.0144 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.046 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0814, 50.9232, 74.1421)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBADB #D9DBBA

analogous

#BAC9DB #BCBADB #CDBADB

triadic

#BCBADB #DBBCBA #BADBBC

tetradic

#BCBADB #DBBAC9 #D9DBBA #BADBCD

square

#BCBADB #DBBAC9 #D9DBBA #BADBCD

split-complementary

#BCBADB #DBCDBA #C9DBBA

monochromatic

#6E6AB1 #9592C6 #BCBADB #E3E2F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCBADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBADB

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBADB	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbadb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.046 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee6',
    500: '#bcbadb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbadb;
$custom-light: #d0cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbadb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.636,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80124,
    "c": 0.04631,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBADB

secondary

#B0B287

accent

#AA3BA3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBADB

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

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