#BCBDE2#BCBDE2

#BCBDE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.052 H 284.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDE2
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, 7.11, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 19.85, 290.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0125 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.052 284)
XYZ	xyz(52.6610, 52.5769, 79.3107)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDE2 #E2E1BC

analogous

#BCD0E2 #BCBDE2 #CEBCE2

triadic

#BCBDE2 #E2BCBD #BDE2BC

tetradic

#BCBDE2 #E2BCD0 #E2E1BC #BCE2CE

square

#BCBDE2 #E2BCD0 #E2E1BC #BCE2CE

split-complementary

#BCBDE2 #E2CEBC #D0E2BC

monochromatic

#6769BD #9193D0 #BCBDE2 #E7E7F4 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BCBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDE2

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDE2	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.052 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0eb',
    500: '#bcbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbde2;
$custom-light: #d0d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.421,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80972,
    "c": 0.05191,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.52578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDE2

secondary

#BBBA87

accent

#AF33B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDE2

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

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