#BCBBD4#BCBBD4

#BCBBD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.035 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD4
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(242, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, 5.24, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 13.45, 292.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0105 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.035 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3906, 50.9851, 69.4609)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD4 #D3D4BB

analogous

#BBC6D4 #BCBBD4 #C8BBD4

triadic

#BCBBD4 #D4BCBB #BBD4BC

tetradic

#BCBBD4 #D4BBC6 #D3D4BB #BBD4C8

square

#BCBBD4 #D4BBC6 #D3D4BB #BBD4C8

split-complementary

#BCBBD4 #D4C8BB #C6D4BB

monochromatic

#7270A5 #9796BC #BCBBD4 #E1E0EC #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BCBBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD4

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD4	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.035 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe1',
    500: '#bcbbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd4;
$custom-light: #d0cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80081,
    "c": 0.03504,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD4

secondary

#A8AA8A

accent

#A1459D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD4

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

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