#BCB9CC#BCB9CC

#BCB9CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.027 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9CC
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 4.69, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 10.31, 297.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0105 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.027 293)
XYZ	xyz(48.9850, 49.7488, 64.1368)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9CC #C9CCB9

analogous

#B9C0CC #BCB9CC #C6B9CC

triadic

#BCB9CC #CCBCB9 #B9CCBC

tetradic

#BCB9CC #CCB9C0 #C9CCB9 #B9CCC6

square

#BCB9CC #CCB9C0 #C9CCB9 #B9CCC6

split-complementary

#BCB9CC #CCC6B9 #C0CCB9

monochromatic

#787298 #9A96B2 #BCB9CC #DEDCE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9CC

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9CC	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.027 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedb',
    500: '#bcb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9cc;
$custom-light: #d0cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79411,
    "c": 0.02676,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.49749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9CC

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4C8E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9CC

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

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