#BCBCDB#BCBCDB

#BCBCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.043 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCDB
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(240, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 6.16, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 16.65, 291.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.0115 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.043 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.5056, 51.7718, 74.2835)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCDB #DBDBBC

analogous

#BCCCDB #BCBCDB #CCBCDB

triadic

#BCBCDB #DBBCBC #BCDBBC

tetradic

#BCBCDB #DBBCCC #DBDBBC #BCDBCC

square

#BCBCDB #DBBCCC #DBDBBC #BCDBCC

split-complementary

#BCBCDB #DBCCBC #CCDBBC

monochromatic

#6C6CB0 #9494C6 #BCBCDB #E4E4F0 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BCBCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCDB

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCDB	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.043 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e6',
    500: '#bcbcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcdb;
$custom-light: #d0d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80523,
    "c": 0.04347,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCDB

secondary

#B2B289

accent

#A93DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCDB

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

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