#BCBCEC#BCBCEC

#BCBCEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.067 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCEC
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(240, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, 9.85, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 25.76, 292.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% 0.0172 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.067 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8590, 52.7131, 86.6777)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCEC #ECECBC

analogous

#BCD4EC #BCBCEC #D4BCEC

triadic

#BCBCEC #ECBCBC #BCECBC

tetradic

#BCBCEC #ECBCD4 #ECECBC #BCECD4

square

#BCBCEC #ECBCD4 #ECECBC #BCECD4

split-complementary

#BCBCEC #ECD4BC #D4ECBC

monochromatic

#5D5DD1 #8C8CDE #BCBCEC #E7E7F8 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BCBCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCEC

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCEC	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.067 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f2',
    500: '#bcbcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcec;
$custom-light: #d0d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81146,
    "c": 0.06733,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCEC

secondary

#C9C983

accent

#C322C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCEC

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

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