#BCBBC8#BCBBC8

#BCBBC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.018 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBC8
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(245, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(245, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 2.82, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 7.01, 293.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0061 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.018 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9327, 50.4020, 61.7830)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBC8 #C7C8BB

analogous

#BBC0C8 #BCBBC8 #C2BBC8

triadic

#BCBBC8 #C8BCBB #BBC8BC

tetradic

#BCBBC8 #C8BBC0 #C7C8BB #BBC8C2

square

#BCBBC8 #C8BBC0 #C7C8BB #BBC8C2

split-complementary

#BCBBC8 #C8C2BB #C0C8BB

monochromatic

#797791 #9B99AD #BCBBC8 #DDDDE3 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBC8

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBC8	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.018 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd8',
    500: '#bcbbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbc8;
$custom-light: #d0cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79686,
    "c": 0.0182,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBC8

secondary

#9A9C8C

accent

#95518F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBC8

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

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