#BCBCD7#BCBCD7

#BCBCD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.038 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD7
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, 5.32, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 14.51, 291.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0101 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.038 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9854, 51.5637, 71.5435)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD7 #D7D7BC

analogous

#BCCAD7 #BCBCD7 #CABCD7

triadic

#BCBCD7 #D7BCBC #BCD7BC

tetradic

#BCBCD7 #D7BCCA #D7D7BC #BCD7CA

square

#BCBCD7 #D7BCCA #D7D7BC #BCD7CA

split-complementary

#BCBCD7 #D7CABC #CAD7BC

monochromatic

#6F6FA9 #9696C0 #BCBCD7 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BCBCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD7

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD7	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.038 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e3',
    500: '#bcbcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd7;
$custom-light: #d0d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.03784,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD7

secondary

#ADAD8A

accent

#A442A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD7

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

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