#BCBED2#BCBED2

#BCBED2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.028 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED2
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(235, 20%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 3.21, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 10.74, 287.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% 0.0055 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.028 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7829, 52.1710, 68.3549)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED2 #D2D0BC

analogous

#BCC9D2 #BCBED2 #C5BCD2

triadic

#BCBED2 #D2BCBE #BED2BC

tetradic

#BCBED2 #D2BCC9 #D2D0BC #BCD2C5

square

#BCBED2 #D2BCC9 #D2D0BC #BCD2C5

split-complementary

#BCBED2 #D2C5BC #C9D2BC

monochromatic

#7377A1 #979AB9 #BCBED2 #E1E2EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BCBED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED2

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED2	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.028 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1df',
    500: '#bcbed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed2;
$custom-light: #d0d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80619,
    "c": 0.02811,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED2

secondary

#A7A58B

accent

#96489E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED2

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

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