#BCBEDD#BCBEDD

#BCBEDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.044 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEDD
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(236, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, 5.50, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 16.62, 289.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% 0.0094 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.044 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2007, 52.7381, 75.8219)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEDD #DDDBBC

analogous

#BCCEDD #BCBEDD #CBBCDD

triadic

#BCBEDD #DDBCBE #BEDDBC

tetradic

#BCBEDD #DDBCCE #DDDBBC #BCDDCB

square

#BCBEDD #DDBCCE #DDDBBC #BCDDCB

split-complementary

#BCBEDD #DDCBBC #CEDDBC

monochromatic

#6B6FB4 #9397C8 #BCBEDD #E5E5F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BCBEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEDD

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEDD	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.044 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e7',
    500: '#bcbedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbedd;
$custom-light: #d0d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80994,
    "c": 0.04353,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEDD

secondary

#B5B289

accent

#A53AAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEDD

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

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