#BCBED1#BCBED1

#BCBED1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.027 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED1
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(234, 19%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 3.01, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 10.20, 287.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% 0.0051 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.027 281)
XYZ	xyz(50.6587, 52.1213, 67.7008)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED1 #D1CFBC

analogous

#BCC8D1 #BCBED1 #C4BCD1

triadic

#BCBED1 #D1BCBE #BED1BC

tetradic

#BCBED1 #D1BCC8 #D1CFBC #BCD1C4

square

#BCBED1 #D1BCC8 #D1CFBC #BCD1C4

split-complementary

#BCBED1 #D1C4BC #C8D1BC

monochromatic

#73789F #989BB8 #BCBED1 #E0E1EA #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BCBED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED1

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED1	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.027 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1df',
    500: '#bcbed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed1;
$custom-light: #d0d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 18.584,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80586,
    "c": 0.02671,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.52122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED1

secondary

#A6A38B

accent

#95499D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED1

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

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