#BCC4E1#BCC4E1

#BCC4E1 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.042 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC4E1
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(227, 38%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, 3.12, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 15.65, 281.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% 0.0024 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.042 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0664, 55.6066, 79.1042)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC4E1 #E1D9BC

analogous

#BCD6E1 #BCC4E1 #C6BCE1

triadic

#BCC4E1 #E1BCC4 #C4E1BC

tetradic

#BCC4E1 #E1BCD6 #E1D9BC #BCE1C6

square

#BCC4E1 #E1BCD6 #E1D9BC #BCE1C6

split-complementary

#BCC4E1 #E1C6BC #D6E1BC

monochromatic

#677ABB #929FCE #BCC4E1 #E6E9F4 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BCC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#BCC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC4E1

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC4E1	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.042 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ea',
    500: '#bcc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc4e1;
$custom-light: #d0d5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.027,
    "s": 38.144,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82341,
    "c": 0.04164,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC4E1

secondary

#BAAF87

accent

#9634B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC4E1

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

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