#BCBEDE#BCBEDE

#BCBEDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.045 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEDE
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(236, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, 5.71, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 17.16, 289.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% 0.0097 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.045 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3343, 52.7916, 76.5257)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEDE #DEDCBC

analogous

#BCCFDE #BCBEDE #CBBCDE

triadic

#BCBEDE #DEBCBE #BEDEBC

tetradic

#BCBEDE #DEBCCF #DEDCBC #BCDECB

square

#BCBEDE #DEBCCF #DEDCBC #BCDECB

split-complementary

#BCBEDE #DECBBC #CFDEBC

monochromatic

#6A6EB6 #9396CA #BCBEDE #E5E6F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BCBEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEDE

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEDE	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.045 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e8',
    500: '#bcbede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbede;
$custom-light: #d0d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81029,
    "c": 0.04494,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEDE

secondary

#B6B388

accent

#A639AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEDE

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

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