#BCBEE9#BCBEE9

#BCBEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.060 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEE9
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(237, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(237, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, 8.10, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 23.04, 290.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0.0135 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.06 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8570, 53.4006, 84.5449)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEE9 #E9E7BC

analogous

#BCD5E9 #BCBEE9 #D0BCE9

triadic

#BCBEE9 #E9BCBE #BEE9BC

tetradic

#BCBEE9 #E9BCD5 #E9E7BC #BCE9D0

square

#BCBEE9 #E9BCD5 #E9E7BC #BCE9D0

split-complementary

#BCBEE9 #E9D0BC #D5E9BC

monochromatic

#6065CB #8E91DA #BCBEE9 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCBEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BCBEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEE9

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEE9	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.060 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1f0',
    500: '#bcbee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbee9;
$custom-light: #d0d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.333,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81428,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEE9

secondary

#C5C285

accent

#B728BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEE9

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

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