#BCBDD0#BCBDD0

#BCBDD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.027 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD0
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 208)
HSL	hsl(237, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, 3.34, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 10.20, 289.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0062 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.027 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3195, 51.6403, 66.9788)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD0 #D0CFBC

analogous

#BCC7D0 #BCBDD0 #C5BCD0

triadic

#BCBDD0 #D0BCBD #BDD0BC

tetradic

#BCBDD0 #D0BCC7 #D0CFBC #BCD0C5

square

#BCBDD0 #D0BCC7 #D0CFBC #BCD0C5

split-complementary

#BCBDD0 #D0C5BC #C7D0BC

monochromatic

#74769E #989AB7 #BCBDD0 #E0E0E9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BCBDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD0

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD0	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)

#B9BFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.027 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0de',
    500: '#bcbdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd0;
$custom-light: #d0d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8035,
    "c": 0.02663,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD0

secondary

#A5A38B

accent

#984A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD0

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

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