#BCBEDA#BCBEDA

#BCBEDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.039 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEDA
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 218)
HSL	hsl(236, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, 4.86, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 15.02, 288.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0083 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.039 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8046, 52.5797, 73.7357)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEDA #DAD8BC

analogous

#BCCDDA #BCBEDA #C9BCDA

triadic

#BCBEDA #DABCBE #BEDABC

tetradic

#BCBEDA #DABCCD #DAD8BC #BCDAC9

square

#BCBEDA #DABCCD #DAD8BC #BCDAC9

split-complementary

#BCBEDA #DAC9BC #CDDABC

monochromatic

#6D72AE #9598C4 #BCBEDA #E3E4F0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BCBEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEDA

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEDA	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.039 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e5',
    500: '#bcbeda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeda;
$custom-light: #d0d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80889,
    "c": 0.03932,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEDA

secondary

#B1AE89

accent

#A03EA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEDA

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

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