#BCBBD3#BCBBD3

#BCBBD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.034 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD3
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(243, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 5.03, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 12.92, 292.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0101 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.034 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2648, 50.9348, 68.7987)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD3 #D2D3BB

analogous

#BBC6D3 #BCBBD3 #C8BBD3

triadic

#BCBBD3 #D3BCBB #BBD3BC

tetradic

#BCBBD3 #D3BBC6 #D2D3BB #BBD3C8

square

#BCBBD3 #D3BBC6 #D2D3BB #BBD3C8

split-complementary

#BCBBD3 #D3C8BB #C6D3BB

monochromatic

#7371A3 #9796BB #BCBBD3 #E1E0EB #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BCBBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD3

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD3	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.034 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe0',
    500: '#bcbbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd3;
$custom-light: #d0cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80047,
    "c": 0.03363,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD3

secondary

#A7A88A

accent

#A0469C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD3

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

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