#BCC8EA#BCC8EA

#BCC8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.049 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC8EA
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(224, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(224, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, 2.93, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 18.41, 279.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% 0 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.049 270)
XYZ	xyz(56.2409, 57.9393, 86.0462)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC8EA #EADEBC

analogous

#BCDFEA #BCC8EA #C7BCEA

triadic

#BCC8EA #EABCC8 #C8EABC

tetradic

#BCC8EA #EABCDF #EADEBC #BCEAC7

square

#BCC8EA #EABCDF #EADEBC #BCEAC7

split-complementary

#BCC8EA #EAC7BC #DFEABC

monochromatic

#5F7BCD #8DA2DB #BCC8EA #E8ECF8 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BCC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#BCC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC8EA

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC8EA	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.049 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8f0',
    500: '#bcc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc8ea;
$custom-light: #d0d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83465,
    "c": 0.04947,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.5794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC8EA

secondary

#C6B584

accent

#9826C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC8EA

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

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