#BCBBD6#BCBBD6

#BCBBD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.038 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD6
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(242, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 5.65, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 14.53, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0112 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.038 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6444, 51.0867, 70.7979)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD6 #D5D6BB

analogous

#BBC7D6 #BCBBD6 #C9BBD6

triadic

#BCBBD6 #D6BCBB #BBD6BC

tetradic

#BCBBD6 #D6BBC7 #D5D6BB #BBD6C9

square

#BCBBD6 #D6BBC7 #D5D6BB #BBD6C9

split-complementary

#BCBBD6 #D6C9BB #C7D6BB

monochromatic

#716FA8 #9695BF #BCBBD6 #E2E1ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BCBBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD6

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD6	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.038 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe2',
    500: '#bcbbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd6;
$custom-light: #d0cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80149,
    "c": 0.03785,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD6

secondary

#ABAC89

accent

#A342A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD6

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

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