#BCBBC9#BCBBC9

#BCBBC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.020 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBC9
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(244, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(244, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, 3.02, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 7.54, 293.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.0065 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.02 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0500, 50.4489, 62.4005)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBC9 #C8C9BB

analogous

#BBC1C9 #BCBBC9 #C3BBC9

triadic

#BCBBC9 #C9BCBB #BBC9BC

tetradic

#BCBBC9 #C9BBC1 #C8C9BB #BBC9C3

square

#BCBBC9 #C9BBC1 #C8C9BB #BBC9C3

split-complementary

#BCBBC9 #C9C3BB #C1C9BB

monochromatic

#797793 #9A99AE #BCBBC9 #DEDDE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BCBBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBC9

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBC9	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.020 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd9',
    500: '#bcbbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbc9;
$custom-light: #d0cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79718,
    "c": 0.01959,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBC9

secondary

#9B9D8C

accent

#965091

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBC9

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

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