#BCBAC8#BCBAC8

#BCBAC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.020 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAC8
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, 3.36, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 7.58, 296.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% 0.0075 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.02 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7213, 49.9792, 61.7126)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAC8 #C6C8BA

analogous

#BABFC8 #BCBAC8 #C3BAC8

triadic

#BCBAC8 #C8BCBA #BAC8BC

tetradic

#BCBAC8 #C8BABF #C6C8BA #BAC8C3

square

#BCBAC8 #C8BABF #C6C8BA #BAC8C3

split-complementary

#BCBAC8 #C8C3BA #BFC8BA

monochromatic

#7A7692 #9B98AD #BCBAC8 #DDDCE3 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BCBAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAC8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAC8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.020 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced8',
    500: '#bcbac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbac8;
$custom-light: #d0ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79483,
    "c": 0.01967,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAC8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#95508B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAC8

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

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