#BCBEE3#BCBEE3

#BCBEE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.052 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEE3
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 41%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, 6.79, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 19.83, 290.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% 0.0115 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.052 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0144, 53.0636, 80.1074)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEE3 #E3E1BC

analogous

#BCD2E3 #BCBEE3 #CEBCE3

triadic

#BCBEE3 #E3BCBE #BEE3BC

tetradic

#BCBEE3 #E3BCD2 #E3E1BC #BCE3CE

square

#BCBEE3 #E3BCD2 #E3E1BC #BCE3CE

split-complementary

#BCBEE3 #E3CEBC #D2E3BC

monochromatic

#666ABF #9194D1 #BCBEE3 #E7E8F5 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCBEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BCBEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEE3

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEE3	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.052 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1eb',
    500: '#bcbee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbee3;
$custom-light: #d0d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.923,
    "s": 41.053,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81208,
    "c": 0.05196,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEE3

secondary

#BCBA87

accent

#AD31B4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEE3

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

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