#BCBCD6#BCBCD6

#BCBCD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.036 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD6
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(240, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 5.11, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 13.97, 291.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0098 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.036 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8573, 51.5124, 70.8688)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD6 #D6D6BC

analogous

#BCC9D6 #BCBCD6 #C9BCD6

triadic

#BCBCD6 #D6BCBC #BCD6BC

tetradic

#BCBCD6 #D6BCC9 #D6D6BC #BCD6C9

square

#BCBCD6 #D6BCC9 #D6D6BC #BCD6C9

split-complementary

#BCBCD6 #D6C9BC #C9D6BC

monochromatic

#7070A8 #9696BF #BCBCD6 #E2E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BCBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD6

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD6	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.036 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e2',
    500: '#bcbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd6;
$custom-light: #d0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8035,
    "c": 0.03643,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD6

secondary

#ACAC8A

accent

#A343A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD6

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

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