#BCBED4#BCBED4

#BCBED4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.031 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED4
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(235, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 3.62, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 11.81, 287.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0062 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.031 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0336, 52.2713, 69.6753)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED4 #D4D2BC

analogous

#BCCAD4 #BCBED4 #C6BCD4

triadic

#BCBED4 #D4BCBE #BED4BC

tetradic

#BCBED4 #D4BCCA #D4D2BC #BCD4C6

square

#BCBED4 #D4BCCA #D4D2BC #BCD4C6

split-complementary

#BCBED4 #D4C6BC #CAD4BC

monochromatic

#7176A4 #979ABC #BCBED4 #E1E2EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BCBED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED4

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED4	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.031 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e1',
    500: '#bcbed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed4;
$custom-light: #d0d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.03091,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED4

secondary

#AAA78B

accent

#9945A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED4

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

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