#BCBFD5#BCBFD5

#BCBFD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.031 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFD5
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 213)
HSL	hsl(233, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(233, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 3.29, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 11.81, 286.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% 0.0051 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.031 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3775, 52.7566, 70.4142)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFD5 #D5D2BC

analogous

#BCCBD5 #BCBFD5 #C5BCD5

triadic

#BCBFD5 #D5BCBF #BFD5BC

tetradic

#BCBFD5 #D5BCCB #D5D2BC #BCD5C5

square

#BCBFD5 #D5BCCB #D5D2BC #BCD5C5

split-complementary

#BCBFD5 #D5C5BC #CBD5BC

monochromatic

#7177A6 #969BBD #BCBFD5 #E2E3ED #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BCBFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFD5

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFD5	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.031 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2e1',
    500: '#bcbfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfd5;
$custom-light: #d0d2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80921,
    "c": 0.03102,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFD5

secondary

#ABA78A

accent

#9644A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFD5

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

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