#BCBED5#BCBED5

#BCBED5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.032 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED5
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(235, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 3.82, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 12.34, 288.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0066 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.032 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1602, 52.3219, 70.3417)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED5 #D5D3BC

analogous

#BCCAD5 #BCBED5 #C6BCD5

triadic

#BCBED5 #D5BCBE #BED5BC

tetradic

#BCBED5 #D5BCCA #D5D3BC #BCD5C6

square

#BCBED5 #D5BCCA #D5D3BC #BCD5C6

split-complementary

#BCBED5 #D5C6BC #CAD5BC

monochromatic

#7175A6 #969ABD #BCBED5 #E2E2ED #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BCBED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED5

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED5	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.032 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e2',
    500: '#bcbed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed5;
$custom-light: #d0d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80719,
    "c": 0.03231,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED5

secondary

#ABA88A

accent

#9A44A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED5

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

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