#BCBCD4#BCBCD4

#BCBCD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.034 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD4
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(240, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 4.70, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 12.89, 291.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% 0.0091 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.034 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6034, 51.4109, 69.5319)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD4 #D4D4BC

analogous

#BCC8D4 #BCBCD4 #C8BCD4

triadic

#BCBCD4 #D4BCBC #BCD4BC

tetradic

#BCBCD4 #D4BCC8 #D4D4BC #BCD4C8

square

#BCBCD4 #D4BCC8 #D4D4BC #BCD4C8

split-complementary

#BCBCD4 #D4C8BC #C8D4BC

monochromatic

#7171A4 #9797BC #BCBCD4 #E1E1EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BCBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD4

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD4	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.034 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e1',
    500: '#bcbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd4;
$custom-light: #d0d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80282,
    "c": 0.03362,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD4

secondary

#AAAA8B

accent

#A045A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD4

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

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