#BCBFDD#BCBFDD

#BCBFDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.042 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFDD
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(235, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(235, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, 4.96, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 16.08, 287.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.008 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.042 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4181, 53.1728, 75.8944)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFDD #DDDABC

analogous

#BCD0DD #BCBFDD #C9BCDD

triadic

#BCBFDD #DDBCBF #BFDDBC

tetradic

#BCBFDD #DDBCD0 #DDDABC #BCDDC9

square

#BCBFDD #DDBCD0 #DDDABC #BCDDC9

split-complementary

#BCBFDD #DDC9BC #D0DDBC

monochromatic

#6B71B4 #9398C8 #BCBFDD #E5E6F2 #EBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCBFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#BCBFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFDD

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFDD	1.00	1.80	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.042 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2e7',
    500: '#bcbfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfdd;
$custom-light: #d0d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81195,
    "c": 0.04221,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFDD

secondary

#B5B189

accent

#A13AAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFDD

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

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