#BCBEDB#BCBEDB

#BCBEDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.041 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEDB
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(236, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, 5.08, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 15.55, 289.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% 0.0087 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.041 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9359, 52.6322, 74.4269)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEDB #DBD9BC

analogous

#BCCEDB #BCBEDB #CABCDB

triadic

#BCBEDB #DBBCBE #BEDBBC

tetradic

#BCBEDB #DBBCCE #DBD9BC #BCDBCA

square

#BCBEDB #DBBCCE #DBD9BC #BCDBCA

split-complementary

#BCBEDB #DBCABC #CEDBBC

monochromatic

#6C71B0 #9497C6 #BCBEDB #E4E5F0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BCBEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEDB

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEDB	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.041 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e6',
    500: '#bcbedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbedb;
$custom-light: #d0d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80924,
    "c": 0.04073,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEDB

secondary

#B2AF89

accent

#A23DA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEDB

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

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