#BCBDD4#BCBDD4

#BCBDD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.032 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD4
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(238, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(238, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, 4.16, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 12.35, 289.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0076 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.032 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8178, 51.8396, 69.6034)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD4 #D4D3BC

analogous

#BCC9D4 #BCBDD4 #C7BCD4

triadic

#BCBDD4 #D4BCBD #BDD4BC

tetradic

#BCBDD4 #D4BCC9 #D4D3BC #BCD4C7

square

#BCBDD4 #D4BCC9 #D4D3BC #BCD4C7

split-complementary

#BCBDD4 #D4C7BC #C9D4BC

monochromatic

#7174A4 #9798BC #BCBDD4 #E1E2EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BCBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD4

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD4	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.032 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e1',
    500: '#bcbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd4;
$custom-light: #d0d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80483,
    "c": 0.03224,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD4

secondary

#AAA88B

accent

#9C45A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD4

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

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