#BCBDDE#BCBDDE

#BCBDDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.046 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDDE
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, 6.25, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 17.70, 290.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0112 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.046 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1185, 52.3599, 76.4537)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDDE #DEDDBC

analogous

#BCCEDE #BCBDDE #CCBCDE

triadic

#BCBDDE #DEBCBD #BDDEBC

tetradic

#BCBDDE #DEBCCE #DEDDBC #BCDECC

square

#BCBDDE #DEBCCE #DEDDBC #BCDECC

split-complementary

#BCBDDE #DECCBC #CEDEBC

monochromatic

#6A6CB6 #9395CA #BCBDDE #E5E5F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BCBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDDE

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDDE	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.046 283.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80829,
    "c": 0.04629,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDDE

secondary

#B6B588

accent

#A939AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDDE

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

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