#BCBDD2#BCBDD2

#BCBDD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.029 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD2
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 210)
HSL	hsl(237, 20%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 10%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, 3.75, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 11.27, 289.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% 0.0069 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.029 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5671, 51.7393, 68.2829)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD2 #D2D1BC

analogous

#BCC8D2 #BCBDD2 #C6BCD2

triadic

#BCBDD2 #D2BCBD #BDD2BC

tetradic

#BCBDD2 #D2BCC8 #D2D1BC #BCD2C6

square

#BCBDD2 #D2BCC8 #D2D1BC #BCD2C6

split-complementary

#BCBDD2 #D2C6BC #C8D2BC

monochromatic

#7375A1 #9799B9 #BCBDD2 #E1E1EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BCBDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD2

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD2	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)

#B8BFD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.029 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0df',
    500: '#bcbdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd2;
$custom-light: #d0d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80416,
    "c": 0.02944,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD2

secondary

#A7A68B

accent

#9A489E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD2

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

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