#BCBBD8#BCBBD8

#BCBBD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.041 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD8
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(242, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, 6.07, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 15.60, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% 0.0119 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.041 287)
XYZ	xyz(50.9014, 51.1895, 72.1513)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD8 #D7D8BB

analogous

#BBC9D8 #BCBBD8 #CBBBD8

triadic

#BCBBD8 #D8BCBB #BBD8BC

tetradic

#BCBBD8 #D8BBC9 #D7D8BB #BBD8CB

square

#BCBBD8 #D8BBC9 #D7D8BB #BBD8CB

split-complementary

#BCBBD8 #D8CBBB #C9D8BB

monochromatic

#6F6DAB #9694C2 #BCBBD8 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCBBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD8

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD8	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.041 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe4',
    500: '#bcbbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd8;
$custom-light: #d0cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.04065,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.5119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD8

secondary

#ADAE89

accent

#A640A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD8

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

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