#BCC4E2#BCC4E2

#BCC4E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.043 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC4E2
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(227, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, 3.34, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 16.17, 281.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% 0.0027 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.043 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2032, 55.6613, 79.8248)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC4E2 #E2DABC

analogous

#BCD7E2 #BCC4E2 #C7BCE2

triadic

#BCC4E2 #E2BCC4 #C4E2BC

tetradic

#BCC4E2 #E2BCD7 #E2DABC #BCE2C7

square

#BCC4E2 #E2BCD7 #E2DABC #BCE2C7

split-complementary

#BCC4E2 #E2C7BC #D7E2BC

monochromatic

#6779BD #919ED0 #BCC4E2 #E7EAF4 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BCC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BCC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC4E2

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC4E2	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.043 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5eb',
    500: '#bcc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc4e2;
$custom-light: #d0d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82376,
    "c": 0.04301,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC4E2

secondary

#BBB087

accent

#9833B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC4E2

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

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