#BCBCD9#BCBCD9

#BCBCD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.041 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCD9
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(240, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, 5.73, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 15.58, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% 0.0108 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.041 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2439, 51.6671, 72.9052)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCD9 #D9D9BC

analogous

#BCCBD9 #BCBCD9 #CBBCD9

triadic

#BCBCD9 #D9BCBC #BCD9BC

tetradic

#BCBCD9 #D9BCCB #D9D9BC #BCD9CB

square

#BCBCD9 #D9BCCB #D9D9BC #BCD9CB

split-complementary

#BCBCD9 #D9CBBC #CBD9BC

monochromatic

#6E6EAD #9595C3 #BCBCD9 #E3E3EF #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BCBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCD9

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCD9	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.041 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e4',
    500: '#bcbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcd9;
$custom-light: #d0d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80453,
    "c": 0.04065,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCD9

secondary

#B0B08A

accent

#A63FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCD9

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

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