#BCC4E0#BCC4E0

#BCC4E0 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.040 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC4E0
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(227, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, 2.91, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 15.12, 281.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% 0.002 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.04 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9304, 55.5522, 78.3879)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC4E0 #E0D8BC

analogous

#BCD6E0 #BCC4E0 #C6BCE0

triadic

#BCC4E0 #E0BCC4 #C4E0BC

tetradic

#BCC4E0 #E0BCD6 #E0D8BC #BCE0C6

square

#BCC4E0 #E0BCD6 #E0D8BC #BCE0C6

split-complementary

#BCC4E0 #E0C6BC #D6E0BC

monochromatic

#687AB9 #929FCD #BCC4E0 #E6E9F3 #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BCC4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BCC4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC4E0

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC4E0	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.040 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5e9',
    500: '#bcc4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc4e0;
$custom-light: #d0d5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 36.735,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82306,
    "c": 0.04026,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC4E0

secondary

#B9AE88

accent

#9536B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC4E0

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

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