#BCBBDB#BCBBDB

#BCBBDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.045 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBDB
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(242, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 6.70, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 17.21, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.013 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.045 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2928, 51.3460, 74.2126)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBDB #DADBBB

analogous

#BBCADB #BCBBDB #CCBBDB

triadic

#BCBBDB #DBBCBB #BBDBBC

tetradic

#BCBBDB #DBBBCA #DADBBB #BBDBCC

square

#BCBBDB #DBBBCA #DADBBB #BBDBCC

split-complementary

#BCBBDB #DBCCBB #CADBBB

monochromatic

#6D6BB1 #9593C6 #BCBBDB #E3E3F0 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCBBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBDB

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBDB	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.045 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe6',
    500: '#bcbbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbdb;
$custom-light: #d0cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.875,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80323,
    "c": 0.04487,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBDB

secondary

#B1B288

accent

#A93CA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBDB

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

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