#BCBDCC#BCBDCC

#BCBDCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.021 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDCC
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 2.54, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 8.05, 288.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% 0.0047 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.021 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8336, 51.4459, 64.4197)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDCC #CCCBBC

analogous

#BCC5CC #BCBDCC #C3BCCC

triadic

#BCBDCC #CCBCBD #BDCCBC

tetradic

#BCBDCC #CCBCC5 #CCCBBC #BCCCC3

square

#BCBDCC #CCBCC5 #CCCBBC #BCCCC3

split-complementary

#BCBDCC #CCC3BC #C5CCBC

monochromatic

#777997 #999BB2 #BCBDCC #DFDFE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCBDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDCC

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDCC	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.021 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0db',
    500: '#bcbdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdcc;
$custom-light: #d0d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.02102,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDCC

secondary

#A09F8C

accent

#934E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDCC

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

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