#BCBBDE#BCBBDE

#BCBBDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.049 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBDE
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(242, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 7.33, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 18.82, 292.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.014 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.049 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6913, 51.5054, 76.3113)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBDE #DDDEBB

analogous

#BBCBDE #BCBBDE #CDBBDE

triadic

#BCBBDE #DEBCBB #BBDEBC

tetradic

#BCBBDE #DEBBCB #DDDEBB #BBDECD

square

#BCBBDE #DEBBCB #DDDEBB #BBDECD

split-complementary

#BCBBDE #DECDBB #CBDEBB

monochromatic

#6B69B6 #9392CA #BCBBDE #E5E4F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BCBBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBDE

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBDE	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.049 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe8',
    500: '#bcbbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbde;
$custom-light: #d0cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8043,
    "c": 0.04909,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBDE

secondary

#B5B687

accent

#AD38AA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBDE

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

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