#BCBBCB#BCBBCB

#BCBBCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.022 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBCB
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(244, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(244, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 3.42, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 8.62, 293.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.0072 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.022 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2868, 50.5436, 63.6477)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBCB #CACBBB

analogous

#BBC2CB #BCBBCB #C4BBCB

triadic

#BCBBCB #CBBCBB #BBCBBC

tetradic

#BCBBCB #CBBBC2 #CACBBB #BBCBC4

square

#BCBBCB #CBBBC2 #CACBBB #BBCBC4

split-complementary

#BCBBCB #CBC4BB #C2CBBB

monochromatic

#787696 #9A98B0 #BCBBCB #DEDEE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BCBBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBCB

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBCB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.022 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfda',
    500: '#bcbbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbcb;
$custom-light: #d0cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79782,
    "c": 0.0224,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBCB

secondary

#9E9F8B

accent

#974E93

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBCB

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

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