#BCBDED#BCBDED

#BCBDED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.067 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDED
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(239, 58%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 9.53, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 25.73, 291.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% 0.0161 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.067 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2190, 53.2001, 87.5164)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDED #EDECBC

analogous

#BCD5ED #BCBDED #D3BCED

triadic

#BCBDED #EDBCBD #BDEDBC

tetradic

#BCBDED #EDBCD5 #EDECBC #BCEDD3

square

#BCBDED #EDBCD5 #EDECBC #BCEDD3

split-complementary

#BCBDED #EDD3BC #D5EDBC

monochromatic

#5C5ED3 #8C8DE0 #BCBDED #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCBDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BCBDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDED

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDED	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.067 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f3',
    500: '#bcbded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbded;
$custom-light: #d0d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.776,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81381,
    "c": 0.06734,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDED

secondary

#CAC983

accent

#C220C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDED

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

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