#BCBCD3#BCBCD3

#BCBCD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.032 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD3
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, 4.49, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 12.36, 291.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0087 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.032 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4777, 51.3606, 68.8696)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD3 #D3D3BC

analogous

#BCC7D3 #BCBCD3 #C7BCD3

triadic

#BCBCD3 #D3BCBC #BCD3BC

tetradic

#BCBCD3 #D3BCC7 #D3D3BC #BCD3C7

square

#BCBCD3 #D3BCC7 #D3D3BC #BCD3C7

split-complementary

#BCBCD3 #D3C7BC #C7D3BC

monochromatic

#7272A2 #9797BB #BCBCD3 #E1E1EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCBCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD3

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD3	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.032 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e0',
    500: '#bcbcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd3;
$custom-light: #d0d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.03221,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD3

secondary

#A8A88B

accent

#9F469F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD3

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

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