#BCBDDD#BCBDDD

#BCBDDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.045 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDDD
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 6.04, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 17.17, 290.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.0108 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.045 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9849, 52.3064, 75.7500)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDDD #DDDCBC

analogous

#BCCDDD #BCBDDD #CBBCDD

triadic

#BCBDDD #DDBCBD #BDDDBC

tetradic

#BCBDDD #DDBCCD #DDDCBC #BCDDCB

square

#BCBDDD #DDBCCD #DDDCBC #BCDDCB

split-complementary

#BCBDDD #DDCBBC #CDDDBC

monochromatic

#6B6DB4 #9395C8 #BCBDDD #E5E5F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BCBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDDD

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDDD	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.045 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e7',
    500: '#bcbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbddd;
$custom-light: #d0d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80794,
    "c": 0.04489,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDDD

secondary

#B5B389

accent

#A83AAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDDD

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

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