#BCBBDA#BCBBDA

#BCBBDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.043 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBDA
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(242, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, 6.49, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 16.68, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0126 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.043 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1615, 51.2935, 73.5213)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBDA #D9DABB

analogous

#BBCADA #BCBBDA #CCBBDA

triadic

#BCBBDA #DABCBB #BBDABC

tetradic

#BCBBDA #DABBCA #D9DABB #BBDACC

square

#BCBBDA #DABBCA #D9DABB #BBDACC

split-complementary

#BCBBDA #DACCBB #CADABB

monochromatic

#6E6CAF #9593C4 #BCBBDA #E3E3F0 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BCBBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBDA

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBDA	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.043 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe5',
    500: '#bcbbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbda;
$custom-light: #d0cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 29.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80288,
    "c": 0.04347,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBDA

secondary

#B0B188

accent

#A83DA5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBDA

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

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