#BCBDDB#BCBDDB

#BCBDDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.042 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDDB
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(238, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, 5.61, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 16.10, 290.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0101 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.042 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7200, 52.2005, 74.3550)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDDB #DBDABC

analogous

#BCCCDB #BCBDDB #CBBCDB

triadic

#BCBDDB #DBBCBD #BDDBBC

tetradic

#BCBDDB #DBBCCC #DBDABC #BCDBCB

square

#BCBDDB #DBBCCC #DBDABC #BCDBCB

split-complementary

#BCBDDB #DBCBBC #CCDBBC

monochromatic

#6C6FB0 #9496C6 #BCBDDB #E4E4F0 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BCBDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDDB

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDDB	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.042 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e6',
    500: '#bcbddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbddb;
$custom-light: #d0d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.065,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80724,
    "c": 0.04208,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDDB

secondary

#B2B189

accent

#A53DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDDB

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

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