#BCBDCF#BCBDCF

#BCBDCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.025 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDCF
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(237, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 3.14, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 9.66, 288.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0058 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.025 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1968, 51.5912, 66.3329)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDCF #CFCEBC

analogous

#BCC7CF #BCBDCF #C5BCCF

triadic

#BCBDCF #CFBCBD #BDCFBC

tetradic

#BCBDCF #CFBCC7 #CFCEBC #BCCFC5

square

#BCBDCF #CFBCC7 #CFCEBC #BCCFC5

split-complementary

#BCBDCF #CFC5BC #C7CFBC

monochromatic

#75779C #989AB5 #BCBDCF #E0E0E9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BCBDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDCF

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDCF	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.025 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0dd',
    500: '#bcbdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdcf;
$custom-light: #d0d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 16.522,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80317,
    "c": 0.02522,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDCF

secondary

#A4A28C

accent

#974B9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDCF

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

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