#BCBEDF#BCBEDF

#BCBEDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.046 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEDF
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 5.92, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 17.69, 289.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0101 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.046 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4688, 52.8454, 77.2336)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEDF #DFDDBC

analogous

#BCCFDF #BCBEDF #CBBCDF

triadic

#BCBEDF #DFBCBE #BEDFBC

tetradic

#BCBEDF #DFBCCF #DFDDBC #BCDFCB

square

#BCBEDF #DFBCCF #DFDDBC #BCDFCB

split-complementary

#BCBEDF #DFCBBC #CFDFBC

monochromatic

#696EB7 #9396CB #BCBEDF #E5E6F3 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCBEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BCBEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEDF

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEDF	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.046 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1e9',
    500: '#bcbedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbedf;
$custom-light: #d0d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81065,
    "c": 0.04634,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEDF

secondary

#B7B588

accent

#A737AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEDF

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

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