#BCBDD5#BCBDD5

#BCBDD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.034 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD5
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(238, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, 4.36, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 12.88, 289.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.008 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.034 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9443, 51.8902, 70.2698)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD5 #D5D4BC

analogous

#BCC9D5 #BCBDD5 #C7BCD5

triadic

#BCBDD5 #D5BCBD #BDD5BC

tetradic

#BCBDD5 #D5BCC9 #D5D4BC #BCD5C7

square

#BCBDD5 #D5BCC9 #D5D4BC #BCD5C7

split-complementary

#BCBDD5 #D5C7BC #C9D5BC

monochromatic

#7173A6 #9698BD #BCBDD5 #E2E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BCBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD5

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD5	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.034 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e2',
    500: '#bcbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd5;
$custom-light: #d0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD5

secondary

#ABA98A

accent

#9E44A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD5

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

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