#BCBBDD#BCBBDD

#BCBBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.048 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBDD
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(242, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 7.12, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 18.29, 292.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% 0.0136 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.048 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5576, 51.4520, 75.6075)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBDD #DCDDBB

analogous

#BBCBDD #BCBBDD #CDBBDD

triadic

#BCBBDD #DDBCBB #BBDDBC

tetradic

#BCBBDD #DDBBCB #DCDDBB #BBDDCD

square

#BCBBDD #DDBBCB #DCDDBB #BBDDCD

split-complementary

#BCBBDD #DDCDBB #CBDDBB

monochromatic

#6C69B4 #9492C9 #BCBBDD #E4E4F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCBBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBDD

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBDD	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.048 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe7',
    500: '#bcbbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbdd;
$custom-light: #d0cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80394,
    "c": 0.04768,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBDD

secondary

#B3B587

accent

#AC39A9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBDD

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

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