#BCBDD6#BCBDD6

#BCBDD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.035 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD6
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 214)
HSL	hsl(238, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, 4.57, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 13.42, 289.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.0083 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.035 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0716, 51.9412, 70.9403)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD6 #D6D5BC

analogous

#BCCAD6 #BCBDD6 #C8BCD6

triadic

#BCBDD6 #D6BCBD #BDD6BC

tetradic

#BCBDD6 #D6BCCA #D6D5BC #BCD6C8

square

#BCBDD6 #D6BCCA #D6D5BC #BCD6C8

split-complementary

#BCBDD6 #D6C8BC #CAD6BC

monochromatic

#7072A8 #9698BF #BCBDD6 #E2E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BCBDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD6

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD6	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.035 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e2',
    500: '#bcbdd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd6;
$custom-light: #d0d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80551,
    "c": 0.03506,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD6

secondary

#ACAB8A

accent

#9F43A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD6

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

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