#BCBDE4#BCBDE4

#BCBDE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.055 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDE4
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(239, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(239, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 7.54, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 20.92, 291.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0132 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.055 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9370, 52.6873, 80.7644)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDE4 #E4E3BC

analogous

#BCD1E4 #BCBDE4 #CFBCE4

triadic

#BCBDE4 #E4BCBD #BDE4BC

tetradic

#BCBDE4 #E4BCD1 #E4E3BC #BCE4CF

square

#BCBDE4 #E4BCD1 #E4E3BC #BCE4CF

split-complementary

#BCBDE4 #E4CFBC #D1E4BC

monochromatic

#6567C1 #9092D2 #BCBDE4 #E8E8F6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BCBDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDE4

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDE4	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)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.055 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ec',
    500: '#bcbde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbde4;
$custom-light: #d0d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.5,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81045,
    "c": 0.05472,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDE4

secondary

#BEBC86

accent

#B230B6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDE4

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

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