#BCBED9#BCBED9

#BCBED9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.038 H 282.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBED9
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(236, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, 4.66, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 14.48, 288.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.008 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.038 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6741, 52.5275, 73.0486)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBED9 #D9D7BC

analogous

#BCCDD9 #BCBED9 #C9BCD9

triadic

#BCBED9 #D9BCBE #BED9BC

tetradic

#BCBED9 #D9BCCD #D9D7BC #BCD9C9

square

#BCBED9 #D9BCCD #D9D7BC #BCD9C9

split-complementary

#BCBED9 #D9C9BC #CDD9BC

monochromatic

#6E72AD #9598C3 #BCBED9 #E3E4EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCBED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BCBED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBED9

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBED9	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.038 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e4',
    500: '#bcbed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbed9;
$custom-light: #d0d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80855,
    "c": 0.03792,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBED9

secondary

#B0AD8A

accent

#9F3FA6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBED9

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

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