#BCBED7#BCBED7

#BCBED7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.035 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED7
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 215)
HSL	hsl(236, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, 4.24, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 13.41, 288.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.0073 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.035 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4156, 52.4241, 71.6869)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED7 #D7D5BC

analogous

#BCCCD7 #BCBED7 #C8BCD7

triadic

#BCBED7 #D7BCBE #BED7BC

tetradic

#BCBED7 #D7BCCC #D7D5BC #BCD7C8

square

#BCBED7 #D7BCCC #D7D5BC #BCD7C8

split-complementary

#BCBED7 #D7C8BC #CCD7BC

monochromatic

#6F74A9 #9699C0 #BCBED7 #E2E3EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#BCBED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED7

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED7	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.035 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e3',
    500: '#bcbed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed7;
$custom-light: #d0d1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80787,
    "c": 0.03512,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED7

secondary

#ADAB8A

accent

#9D42A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED7

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

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