#BCBED0#BCBED0

#BCBED0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.025 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED0
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(234, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 2.80, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 9.67, 286.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.0047 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.025 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5353, 52.0720, 67.0508)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED0 #D0CEBC

analogous

#BCC8D0 #BCBED0 #C4BCD0

triadic

#BCBED0 #D0BCBE #BED0BC

tetradic

#BCBED0 #D0BCC8 #D0CEBC #BCD0C4

square

#BCBED0 #D0BCC8 #D0CEBC #BCD0C4

split-complementary

#BCBED0 #D0C4BC #C8D0BC

monochromatic

#74789E #989BB7 #BCBED0 #E0E1E9 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BCBED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED0

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED0	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.025 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1de',
    500: '#bcbed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed0;
$custom-light: #d0d1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80553,
    "c": 0.02531,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED0

secondary

#A5A28B

accent

#944A9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED0

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

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