#BCC4E8#BCC4E8

#BCC4E8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.051 H 275.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC4E8
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(229, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 4.64, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 19.32, 283.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% 0.0048 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.051 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0409, 55.9964, 84.2368)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC4E8 #E8E0BC

analogous

#BCDAE8 #BCC4E8 #CABCE8

triadic

#BCC4E8 #E8BCC4 #C4E8BC

tetradic

#BCC4E8 #E8BCDA #E8E0BC #BCE8CA

square

#BCC4E8 #E8BCDA #E8E0BC #BCE8CA

split-complementary

#BCC4E8 #E8CABC #DAE8BC

monochromatic

#6174C9 #8E9CD8 #BCC4E8 #E8EBF7 #E8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BCC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#BCC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC4E8

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC4E8	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.051 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ef',
    500: '#bcc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc4e8;
$custom-light: #d0d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82589,
    "c": 0.05127,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC4E8

secondary

#C3B885

accent

#A129BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC4E8

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

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