#BCBBE0#BCBBE0

#BCBBE0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.052 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBE0
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 224)
HSL	hsl(242, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(242, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 7.76, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 19.90, 292.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0147 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.052 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9609, 51.6133, 77.7314)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBE0 #DFE0BB

analogous

#BBCCE0 #BCBBE0 #CEBBE0

triadic

#BCBBE0 #E0BCBB #BBE0BC

tetradic

#BCBBE0 #E0BBCC #DFE0BB #BBE0CE

square

#BCBBE0 #E0BBCC #DFE0BB #BBE0CE

split-complementary

#BCBBE0 #E0CEBB #CCE0BB

monochromatic

#6967BA #9391CD #BCBBE0 #E5E5F3 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BCBBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBE0

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBE0	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.052 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfe9',
    500: '#bcbbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbe0;
$custom-light: #d0cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80502,
    "c": 0.0519,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBE0

secondary

#B7B987

accent

#B035AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBE0

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

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