#BCBBE3#BCBBE3

#BCBBE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.056 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBE3
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 227)
HSL	hsl(242, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 8.41, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 21.50, 293.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0157 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.056 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3713, 51.7774, 79.8930)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBE3 #E2E3BB

analogous

#BBCEE3 #BCBBE3 #D0BBE3

triadic

#BCBBE3 #E3BCBB #BBE3BC

tetradic

#BCBBE3 #E3BBCE #E2E3BB #BBE3D0

square

#BCBBE3 #E3BBCE #E2E3BB #BBE3D0

split-complementary

#BCBBE3 #E3D0BB #CEE3BB

monochromatic

#6764BF #9190D1 #BCBBE3 #E7E6F5 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BCBBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBE3

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBE3	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.056 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfeb',
    500: '#bcbbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbe3;
$custom-light: #d0cfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.5,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80612,
    "c": 0.05611,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBE3

secondary

#BBBC86

accent

#B531B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBE3

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

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