#BCBDEC#BCBDEC

#BCBDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.066 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDEC
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(239, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, 9.31, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 25.19, 291.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0158 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.066 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0733, 53.1418, 86.7491)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDEC #ECEBBC

analogous

#BCD5EC #BCBDEC #D3BCEC

triadic

#BCBDEC #ECBCBD #BDECBC

tetradic

#BCBDEC #ECBCD5 #ECEBBC #BCECD3

square

#BCBDEC #ECBCD5 #ECEBBC #BCECD3

split-complementary

#BCBDEC #ECD3BC #D5ECBC

monochromatic

#5D5FD1 #8C8EDE #BCBDEC #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#BCBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDEC

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDEC	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.066 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f2',
    500: '#bcbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdec;
$custom-light: #d0d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81343,
    "c": 0.06594,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDEC

secondary

#C9C783

accent

#C022C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDEC

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

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