#BCBFDB#BCBFDB

#BCBFDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.039 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFDB
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(234, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(234, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, 4.54, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 15.02, 287.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0073 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.039 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1532, 53.0668, 74.4994)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFDB #DBD8BC

analogous

#BCCEDB #BCBFDB #C9BCDB

triadic

#BCBFDB #DBBCBF #BFDBBC

tetradic

#BCBFDB #DBBCCE #DBD8BC #BCDBC9

square

#BCBFDB #DBBCCE #DBD8BC #BCDBC9

split-complementary

#BCBFDB #DBC9BC #CEDBBC

monochromatic

#6C73B0 #9499C6 #BCBFDB #E4E5F0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BCBFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFDB

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFDB	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.039 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2e6',
    500: '#bcbfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfdb;
$custom-light: #d0d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81125,
    "c": 0.03941,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFDB

secondary

#B2AE89

accent

#9E3DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFDB

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

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