#BCBCC8#BCBCC8

#BCBCC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.017 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCC8
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 2.29, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 6.45, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0046 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.017 286)
XYZ	xyz(49.1456, 50.8278, 61.8540)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCC8 #C8C8BC

analogous

#BCC2C8 #BCBCC8 #C2BCC8

triadic

#BCBCC8 #C8BCBC #BCC8BC

tetradic

#BCBCC8 #C8BCC2 #C8C8BC #BCC8C2

square

#BCBCC8 #C8BCC2 #C8C8BC #BCC8C2

split-complementary

#BCBCC8 #C8C2BC #C2C8BC

monochromatic

#797991 #9A9AAC #BCBCC8 #DEDEE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BCBCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCC8

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCC8	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.017 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d8',
    500: '#bcbcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcc8;
$custom-light: #d0d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.836,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79889,
    "c": 0.01677,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.50828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCC8

secondary

#9B9B8D

accent

#945294

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCC8

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

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