#BCBCD0#BCBCD0

#BCBCD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.028 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD0
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 3.88, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 10.75, 291.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0076 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.028 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1051, 51.2116, 66.9074)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD0 #D0D0BC

analogous

#BCC6D0 #BCBCD0 #C6BCD0

triadic

#BCBCD0 #D0BCBC #BCD0BC

tetradic

#BCBCD0 #D0BCC6 #D0D0BC #BCD0C6

square

#BCBCD0 #D0BCC6 #D0D0BC #BCD0C6

split-complementary

#BCBCD0 #D0C6BC #C6D0BC

monochromatic

#74749E #9898B7 #BCBCD0 #E0E0E9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCBCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD0

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD0	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.028 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0de',
    500: '#bcbcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd0;
$custom-light: #d0d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80148,
    "c": 0.028,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD0

secondary

#A5A58B

accent

#9C4A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD0

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

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