#BCBDDF#BCBDDF

#BCBDDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.048 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDDF
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(238, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, 6.46, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 18.24, 290.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0115 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.048 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2529, 52.4137, 77.1617)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDDF #DFDEBC

analogous

#BCCEDF #BCBDDF #CCBCDF

triadic

#BCBDDF #DFBCBD #BDDFBC

tetradic

#BCBDDF #DFBCCE #DFDEBC #BCDFCC

square

#BCBDDF #DFBCCE #DFDEBC #BCDFCC

split-complementary

#BCBDDF #DFCCBC #CEDFBC

monochromatic

#696BB7 #9394CB #BCBDDF #E5E6F3 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BCBDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDDF

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDDF	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.048 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e9',
    500: '#bcbddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbddf;
$custom-light: #d0d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80865,
    "c": 0.04771,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDDF

secondary

#B7B688

accent

#AB37AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDDF

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

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