#BCBDDC#BCBDDC

#BCBDDC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.043 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDDC
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(238, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 5.83, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 16.63, 290.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% 0.0105 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.043 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8520, 52.2533, 75.0504)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDDC #DCDBBC

analogous

#BCCDDC #BCBDDC #CBBCDC

triadic

#BCBDDC #DCBCBD #BDDCBC

tetradic

#BCBDDC #DCBCCD #DCDBBC #BCDCCB

square

#BCBDDC #DCBCCD #DCDBBC #BCDCCB

split-complementary

#BCBDDC #DCCBBC #CDDCBC

monochromatic

#6C6EB2 #9495C7 #BCBDDC #E4E5F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BCBDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDDC

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDDC	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.043 283.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.125,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80759,
    "c": 0.04349,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDDC

secondary

#B3B289

accent

#A73BAA

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDDC

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

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