#BCBCDE#BCBCDE

#BCBCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.048 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCDE
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(240, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, 6.79, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 18.26, 291.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% 0.0126 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.048 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9041, 51.9312, 76.3823)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCDE #DEDEBC

analogous

#BCCDDE #BCBCDE #CDBCDE

triadic

#BCBCDE #DEBCBC #BCDEBC

tetradic

#BCBCDE #DEBCCD #DEDEBC #BCDECD

square

#BCBCDE #DEBCCD #DEDEBC #BCDECD

split-complementary

#BCBCDE #DECDBC #CDDEBC

monochromatic

#6A6AB6 #9393CA #BCBCDE #E5E5F2 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BCBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCDE

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCDE	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.048 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0e8',
    500: '#bcbcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcde;
$custom-light: #d0d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80629,
    "c": 0.04769,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCDE

secondary

#B6B688

accent

#AD39AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCDE

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

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