#BCBBD0#BCBBD0

#BCBBD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.029 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD0
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(243, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(243, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 4.42, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 11.31, 293.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.009 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.029 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8922, 50.7858, 66.8364)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD0 #CFD0BB

analogous

#BBC5D0 #BCBBD0 #C7BBD0

triadic

#BCBBD0 #D0BCBB #BBD0BC

tetradic

#BCBBD0 #D0BBC5 #CFD0BB #BBD0C7

square

#BCBBD0 #D0BBC5 #CFD0BB #BBD0C7

split-complementary

#BCBBD0 #D0C7BB #C5D0BB

monochromatic

#75739E #9897B7 #BCBBD0 #E0DFE9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BCBBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD0

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD0	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)

#B6BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.029 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfde',
    500: '#bcbbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd0;
$custom-light: #d0cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 18.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79946,
    "c": 0.02941,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD0

secondary

#A4A58A

accent

#9D4999

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD0

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

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