#BCBCE5#BCBCE5

#BCBCE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.058 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCE5
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 8.30, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 22.01, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% 0.0149 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.058 285)
XYZ	xyz(52.8619, 52.3143, 81.4262)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCE5 #E5E5BC

analogous

#BCD1E5 #BCBCE5 #D1BCE5

triadic

#BCBCE5 #E5BCBC #BCE5BC

tetradic

#BCBCE5 #E5BCD1 #E5E5BC #BCE5D1

square

#BCBCE5 #E5BCD1 #E5E5BC #BCE5D1

split-complementary

#BCBCE5 #E5D1BC #D1E5BC

monochromatic

#6464C3 #9090D4 #BCBCE5 #E8E8F6 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BCBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCE5

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCE5	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.058 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ed',
    500: '#bcbce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbce5;
$custom-light: #d0d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80883,
    "c": 0.05751,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.52315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCE5

secondary

#BFBF86

accent

#B72EB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCE5

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

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