#BCBBD7#BCBBD7

#BCBBD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.039 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD7
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(242, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, 5.86, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 15.07, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% 0.0116 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.039 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7725, 51.1379, 71.4725)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD7 #D6D7BB

analogous

#BBC8D7 #BCBBD7 #CABBD7

triadic

#BCBBD7 #D7BCBB #BBD7BC

tetradic

#BCBBD7 #D7BBC8 #D6D7BB #BBD7CA

square

#BCBBD7 #D7BBC8 #D6D7BB #BBD7CA

split-complementary

#BCBBD7 #D7CABB #C8D7BB

monochromatic

#706EAA #9694C0 #BCBBD7 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BCBBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD7

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD7	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.039 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe3',
    500: '#bcbbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd7;
$custom-light: #d0cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80184,
    "c": 0.03925,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD7

secondary

#ACAD89

accent

#A441A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD7

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

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