#BCBED6#BCBED6

#BCBED6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.034 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED6
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(235, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, 4.03, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 12.88, 288.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0069 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.034 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2875, 52.3728, 71.0122)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED6 #D6D4BC

analogous

#BCCBD6 #BCBED6 #C7BCD6

triadic

#BCBED6 #D6BCBE #BED6BC

tetradic

#BCBED6 #D6BCCB #D6D4BC #BCD6C7

square

#BCBED6 #D6BCCB #D6D4BC #BCD6C7

split-complementary

#BCBED6 #D6C7BC #CBD6BC

monochromatic

#7074A8 #9699BF #BCBED6 #E2E3ED #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BCBED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED6

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED6	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.034 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e2',
    500: '#bcbed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed6;
$custom-light: #d0d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80753,
    "c": 0.03372,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED6

secondary

#ACA98A

accent

#9B43A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED6

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

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