#BCBDCE#BCBDCE

#BCBDCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.024 H 283.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDCE
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(237, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(237, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 2.94, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 9.13, 288.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0054 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.024 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0750, 51.5425, 65.6911)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDCE #CECDBC

analogous

#BCC6CE #BCBDCE #C4BCCE

triadic

#BCBDCE #CEBCBD #BDCEBC

tetradic

#BCBDCE #CEBCC6 #CECDBC #BCCEC4

square

#BCBDCE #CEBCC6 #CECDBC #BCCEC4

split-complementary

#BCBDCE #CEC4BC #C6CEBC

monochromatic

#75779A #999AB4 #BCBDCE #DFE0E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BCBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDCE

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDCE	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.024 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0dd',
    500: '#bcbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdce;
$custom-light: #d0d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80285,
    "c": 0.02382,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDCE

secondary

#A2A18C

accent

#954C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDCE

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

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