#BCBCD5#BCBCD5

#BCBCD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.035 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD5
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(240, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 4.90, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 13.43, 291.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0094 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.035 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7300, 51.4615, 70.1983)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD5 #D5D5BC

analogous

#BCC8D5 #BCBCD5 #C8BCD5

triadic

#BCBCD5 #D5BCBC #BCD5BC

tetradic

#BCBCD5 #D5BCC8 #D5D5BC #BCD5C8

square

#BCBCD5 #D5BCC8 #D5D5BC #BCD5C8

split-complementary

#BCBCD5 #D5C8BC #C8D5BC

monochromatic

#7171A6 #9696BD #BCBCD5 #E2E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD5

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD5	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.035 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e2',
    500: '#bcbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd5;
$custom-light: #d0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80316,
    "c": 0.03503,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD5

secondary

#ABAB8A

accent

#A144A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD5

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

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