#BCBDDA#BCBDDA

#BCBDDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.041 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDDA
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 218)
HSL	hsl(238, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 5.40, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 15.56, 290.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0098 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.041 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5888, 52.1480, 73.6637)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDDA #DAD9BC

analogous

#BCCCDA #BCBDDA #CABCDA

triadic

#BCBDDA #DABCBD #BDDABC

tetradic

#BCBDDA #DABCCC #DAD9BC #BCDACA

square

#BCBDDA #DABCCC #DAD9BC #BCDACA

split-complementary

#BCBDDA #DACABC #CCDABC

monochromatic

#6D6FAE #9596C4 #BCBDDA #E3E4F0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BCBDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDDA

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDDA	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.041 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e5',
    500: '#bcbdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdda;
$custom-light: #d0d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80689,
    "c": 0.04068,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDDA

secondary

#B1B089

accent

#A43EA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDDA

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

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