#BCC9FF#BCC9FF

#BCC9FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.077 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC9FF
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 255)
HSL	hsl(228, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(228, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, 7.16, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 28.82, 284.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% 0.0055 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.077 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6709, 59.6830, 102.9644)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC9FF #FFF2BC

analogous

#BCEBFF #BCC9FF #D1BCFF

triadic

#BCC9FF #FFBCC9 #C9FFBC

tetradic

#BCC9FF #FFBCEB #FFF2BC #BCFFD1

square

#BCC9FF #FFBCEB #FFF2BC #BCFFD1

split-complementary

#BCC9FF #FFD1BC #EBFFBC

monochromatic

#4266FF #7F98FF #BCC9FF #E0E6FF #E0E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BCC9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#BCC9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC9FF

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC9FF	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.077 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9ff',
    500: '#bcc9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc9ff;
$custom-light: #d1d9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.358,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84449,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC9FF

secondary

#E7D278

accent

#B900E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC9FF

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

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