#BCBED3#BCBED3

#BCBED3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.030 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED3
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(235, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, 3.41, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 11.27, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0058 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.03 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9079, 52.2210, 69.0130)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED3 #D3D1BC

analogous

#BCC9D3 #BCBED3 #C5BCD3

triadic

#BCBED3 #D3BCBE #BED3BC

tetradic

#BCBED3 #D3BCC9 #D3D1BC #BCD3C5

square

#BCBED3 #D3BCC9 #D3D1BC #BCD3C5

split-complementary

#BCBED3 #D3C5BC #C9D3BC

monochromatic

#7276A2 #979ABB #BCBED3 #E1E2EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BCBED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED3

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED3	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.030 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e0',
    500: '#bcbed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed3;
$custom-light: #d0d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80652,
    "c": 0.02951,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED3

secondary

#A8A68B

accent

#97469F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED3

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

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