#BCBDD3#BCBDD3

#BCBDD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.031 H 283.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD3
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(237, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 3.95, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 11.81, 289.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% 0.0073 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.031 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6921, 51.7893, 68.9411)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD3 #D3D2BC

analogous

#BCC8D3 #BCBDD3 #C6BCD3

triadic

#BCBDD3 #D3BCBD #BDD3BC

tetradic

#BCBDD3 #D3BCC8 #D3D2BC #BCD3C6

square

#BCBDD3 #D3BCC8 #D3D2BC #BCD3C6

split-complementary

#BCBDD3 #D3C6BC #C8D3BC

monochromatic

#7274A2 #9799BB #BCBDD3 #E1E1EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BCBDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD3

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD3	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.031 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e0',
    500: '#bcbdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd3;
$custom-light: #d0d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8045,
    "c": 0.03084,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD3

secondary

#A8A78B

accent

#9B469F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD3

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

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