#BCBBD5#BCBBD5

#BCBBD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.036 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD5
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(242, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, 5.44, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 13.99, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% 0.0108 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.036 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5171, 51.0357, 70.1273)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD5 #D4D5BB

analogous

#BBC7D5 #BCBBD5 #C9BBD5

triadic

#BCBBD5 #D5BCBB #BBD5BC

tetradic

#BCBBD5 #D5BBC7 #D4D5BB #BBD5C9

square

#BCBBD5 #D5BBC7 #D4D5BB #BBD5C9

split-complementary

#BCBBD5 #D5C9BB #C7D5BB

monochromatic

#716FA6 #9795BE #BCBBD5 #E1E1EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BCBBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD5

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD5	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)

#B5BED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.036 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe2',
    500: '#bcbbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd5;
$custom-light: #d0cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80115,
    "c": 0.03644,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD5

secondary

#AAAB89

accent

#A2439E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD5

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

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