#BCBEE5#BCBEE5

#BCBEE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.055 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEE5
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(237, 44%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, 7.22, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 20.90, 290.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% 0.0121 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.055 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2921, 53.1747, 81.5696)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEE5 #E5E3BC

analogous

#BCD3E5 #BCBEE5 #CFBCE5

triadic

#BCBEE5 #E5BCBE #BEE5BC

tetradic

#BCBEE5 #E5BCD3 #E5E3BC #BCE5CF

square

#BCBEE5 #E5BCD3 #E5E3BC #BCE5CF

split-complementary

#BCBEE5 #E5CFBC #D3E5BC

monochromatic

#6468C3 #9093D4 #BCBEE5 #E8E9F6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCBEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BCBEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEE5

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEE5	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.055 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ed',
    500: '#bcbee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbee5;
$custom-light: #d0d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.073,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81281,
    "c": 0.05476,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEE5

secondary

#BFBC86

accent

#B12EB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEE5

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

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