#BCBDD7#BCBDD7

#BCBDD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.036 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD7
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(238, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, 4.78, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 13.95, 290.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0087 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.036 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1997, 51.9924, 71.6149)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD7 #D7D6BC

analogous

#BCCBD7 #BCBDD7 #C9BCD7

triadic

#BCBDD7 #D7BCBD #BDD7BC

tetradic

#BCBDD7 #D7BCCB #D7D6BC #BCD7C9

square

#BCBDD7 #D7BCCB #D7D6BC #BCD7C9

split-complementary

#BCBDD7 #D7C9BC #CBD7BC

monochromatic

#6F72A9 #9697C0 #BCBDD7 #E2E3EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BCBDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD7

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD7	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.036 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e3',
    500: '#bcbdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd7;
$custom-light: #d0d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80585,
    "c": 0.03646,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD7

secondary

#ADAC8A

accent

#A042A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD7

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

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