#BCBBD1#BCBBD1

#BCBBD1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.031 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD1
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 209)
HSL	hsl(243, 19%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, 4.62, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 11.84, 292.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% 0.0094 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.031 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0156, 50.8352, 67.4864)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD1 #D0D1BB

analogous

#BBC5D1 #BCBBD1 #C7BBD1

triadic

#BCBBD1 #D1BCBB #BBD1BC

tetradic

#BCBBD1 #D1BBC5 #D0D1BB #BBD1C7

square

#BCBBD1 #D1BBC5 #D0D1BB #BBD1C7

split-complementary

#BCBBD1 #D1C7BB #C5D1BB

monochromatic

#7472A0 #9896B8 #BCBBD1 #E0E0EA #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BCBBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD1

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD1	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)

#B6BDD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.031 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfdf',
    500: '#bcbbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd1;
$custom-light: #d0cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.727,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7998,
    "c": 0.03082,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD1

secondary

#A5A68A

accent

#9E489A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD1

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

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