#BCBDD9#BCBDD9

#BCBDD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.039 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDD9
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 5.19, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 15.03, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0094 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.039 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4583, 52.0958, 72.9767)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDD9 #D9D8BC

analogous

#BCCCD9 #BCBDD9 #CABCD9

triadic

#BCBDD9 #D9BCBD #BDD9BC

tetradic

#BCBDD9 #D9BCCC #D9D8BC #BCD9CA

square

#BCBDD9 #D9BCCC #D9D8BC #BCD9CA

split-complementary

#BCBDD9 #D9CABC #CCD9BC

monochromatic

#6E70AD #9597C3 #BCBDD9 #E3E3EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BCBDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDD9

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDD9	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.039 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e4',
    500: '#bcbdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdd9;
$custom-light: #d0d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80654,
    "c": 0.03927,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDD9

secondary

#B0AE8A

accent

#A33FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDD9

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

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