#BCBEE8#BCBEE8

#BCBEE8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.059 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEE8
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(237, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, 7.88, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 22.50, 290.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% 0.0131 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.059 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7145, 53.3437, 83.7947)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEE8 #E8E6BC

analogous

#BCD4E8 #BCBEE8 #D0BCE8

triadic

#BCBEE8 #E8BCBE #BEE8BC

tetradic

#BCBEE8 #E8BCD4 #E8E6BC #BCE8D0

square

#BCBEE8 #E8BCD4 #E8E6BC #BCE8D0

split-complementary

#BCBEE8 #E8D0BC #D4E8BC

monochromatic

#6166C9 #8E92D8 #BCBEE8 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCBEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BCBEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEE8

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEE8	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.059 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ef',
    500: '#bcbee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbee8;
$custom-light: #d0d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81391,
    "c": 0.05897,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEE8

secondary

#C3C085

accent

#B629BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEE8

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

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