#BCBADD#BCBADD

#BCBADD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.049 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBADD
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(243, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(243, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, 7.66, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 18.86, 293.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0151 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.049 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3462, 51.0291, 75.5371)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBADD #DBDDBA

analogous

#BAC9DD #BCBADD #CEBADD

triadic

#BCBADD #DDBCBA #BADDBC

tetradic

#BCBADD #DDBAC9 #DBDDBA #BADDCE

square

#BCBADD #DDBAC9 #DBDDBA #BADDCE

split-complementary

#BCBADD #DDCEBA #C9DDBA

monochromatic

#6C68B5 #9491C9 #BCBADD #E4E3F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BCBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBADD

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBADD	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.049 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cee7',
    500: '#bcbadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbadd;
$custom-light: #d0cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80195,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBADD

secondary

#B2B586

accent

#AD39A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBADD

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

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