#BCBCE3#BCBCE3

#BCBCE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.055 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCE3
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(240, 41%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, 7.87, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 20.94, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% 0.0143 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.055 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5842, 52.2032, 79.9640)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCE3 #E3E3BC

analogous

#BCD0E3 #BCBCE3 #D0BCE3

triadic

#BCBCE3 #E3BCBC #BCE3BC

tetradic

#BCBCE3 #E3BCD0 #E3E3BC #BCE3D0

square

#BCBCE3 #E3BCD0 #E3E3BC #BCE3D0

split-complementary

#BCBCE3 #E3D0BC #D0E3BC

monochromatic

#6666BF #9191D1 #BCBCE3 #E7E7F5 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BCBCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCE3

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCE3	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.055 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0eb',
    500: '#bcbce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbce3;
$custom-light: #d0d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 41.053,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8081,
    "c": 0.0547,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCE3

secondary

#BCBC87

accent

#B431B4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCE3

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

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