#BCBFD8#BCBFD8

#BCBFD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.035 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFD8
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(234, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(234, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, 3.91, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 13.41, 286.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% 0.0062 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.035 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7618, 52.9103, 72.4381)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFD8 #D8D5BC

analogous

#BCCDD8 #BCBFD8 #C7BCD8

triadic

#BCBFD8 #D8BCBF #BFD8BC

tetradic

#BCBFD8 #D8BCCD #D8D5BC #BCD8C7

square

#BCBFD8 #D8BCCD #D8D5BC #BCD8C7

split-complementary

#BCBFD8 #D8C7BC #CDD8BC

monochromatic

#6F75AB #959AC1 #BCBFD8 #E3E4EF #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#BCBFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFD8

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFD8	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.035 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2e4',
    500: '#bcbfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfd8;
$custom-light: #d0d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.571,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81022,
    "c": 0.03521,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFD8

secondary

#AEAA8A

accent

#9A41A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFD8

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

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