#BCBDE3#BCBDE3

#BCBDE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.053 H 284.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDE3
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(238, 41%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, 7.33, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 20.38, 291.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% 0.0129 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.053 284)
XYZ	xyz(52.7986, 52.6319, 80.0355)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDE3 #E3E2BC

analogous

#BCD1E3 #BCBDE3 #CFBCE3

triadic

#BCBDE3 #E3BCBD #BDE3BC

tetradic

#BCBDE3 #E3BCD1 #E3E2BC #BCE3CF

square

#BCBDE3 #E3BCD1 #E3E2BC #BCE3CF

split-complementary

#BCBDE3 #E3CFBC #D1E3BC

monochromatic

#6668BF #9192D1 #BCBDE3 #E7E8F5 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BCBDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDE3

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDE3	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.053 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0eb',
    500: '#bcbde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbde3;
$custom-light: #d0d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 41.053,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.05332,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.52633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDE3

secondary

#BCBB87

accent

#B131B4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDE3

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

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