#BCBDCA#BCBDCA

#BCBDCA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.018 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDCA
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(236, 12%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(236, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, 2.14, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 6.98, 287.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0039 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.018 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5952, 51.3506, 63.1645)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDCA #CAC9BC

analogous

#BCC4CA #BCBDCA #C2BCCA

triadic

#BCBDCA #CABCBD #BDCABC

tetradic

#BCBDCA #CABCC4 #CAC9BC #BCCAC2

square

#BCBDCA #CABCC4 #CAC9BC #BCCAC2

split-complementary

#BCBDCA #CAC2BC #C4CABC

monochromatic

#787A94 #9A9BAF #BCBDCA #DEDFE5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCBDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDCA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDCA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.018 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0da',
    500: '#bcbdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdca;
$custom-light: #d0d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 11.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80156,
    "c": 0.01822,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDCA

secondary

#9E9D8C

accent

#915096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDCA

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

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