#BCBCD8#BCBCD8

#BCBCD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.039 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD8
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(240, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 5.53, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 15.04, 291.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% 0.0105 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.039 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1143, 51.6152, 72.2223)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD8 #D8D8BC

analogous

#BCCAD8 #BCBCD8 #CABCD8

triadic

#BCBCD8 #D8BCBC #BCD8BC

tetradic

#BCBCD8 #D8BCCA #D8D8BC #BCD8CA

square

#BCBCD8 #D8BCCA #D8D8BC #BCD8CA

split-complementary

#BCBCD8 #D8CABC #CAD8BC

monochromatic

#6F6FAB #9595C1 #BCBCD8 #E3E3EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BCBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD8

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD8	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.039 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e4',
    500: '#bcbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd8;
$custom-light: #d0d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80419,
    "c": 0.03925,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD8

secondary

#AEAE8A

accent

#A541A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD8

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

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