#BCBED8#BCBED8

#BCBED8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.037 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED8
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, 4.45, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 13.95, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% 0.0076 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.037 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5445, 52.4756, 72.3657)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED8 #D8D6BC

analogous

#BCCCD8 #BCBED8 #C8BCD8

triadic

#BCBED8 #D8BCBE #BED8BC

tetradic

#BCBED8 #D8BCCC #D8D6BC #BCD8C8

square

#BCBED8 #D8BCCC #D8D6BC #BCD8C8

split-complementary

#BCBED8 #D8C8BC #CCD8BC

monochromatic

#6F73AB #9598C1 #BCBED8 #E3E4EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BCBED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED8

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED8	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.037 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e4',
    500: '#bcbed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed8;
$custom-light: #d0d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80821,
    "c": 0.03652,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED8

secondary

#AEAC8A

accent

#9E41A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED8

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

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