#BCBBD9#BCBBD9

#BCBBD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.042 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBD9
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 6.28, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 16.14, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0123 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.042 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0311, 51.2413, 72.8342)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBD9 #D8D9BB

analogous

#BBC9D9 #BCBBD9 #CBBBD9

triadic

#BCBBD9 #D9BCBB #BBD9BC

tetradic

#BCBBD9 #D9BBC9 #D8D9BB #BBD9CB

square

#BCBBD9 #D9BBC9 #D8D9BB #BBD9CB

split-complementary

#BCBBD9 #D9CBBB #C9D9BB

monochromatic

#6F6CAD #9594C3 #BCBBD9 #E3E2EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BCBBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBD9

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBD9	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.042 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe4',
    500: '#bcbbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbd9;
$custom-light: #d0cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80253,
    "c": 0.04207,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBD9

secondary

#AEB089

accent

#A73FA3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBD9

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

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