#BCBCC9#BCBCC9

#BCBCC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.018 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCC9
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 2.48, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 6.99, 290.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.005 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.018 286)
XYZ	xyz(49.2629, 50.8747, 62.4715)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCC9 #C9C9BC

analogous

#BCC3C9 #BCBCC9 #C3BCC9

triadic

#BCBCC9 #C9BCBC #BCC9BC

tetradic

#BCBCC9 #C9BCC3 #C9C9BC #BCC9C3

square

#BCBCC9 #C9BCC3 #C9C9BC #BCC9C3

split-complementary

#BCBCC9 #C9C3BC #C3C9BC

monochromatic

#787892 #9A9AAE #BCBCC9 #DEDEE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCBCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCC9

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCC9	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.018 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d9',
    500: '#bcbcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcc9;
$custom-light: #d0d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79921,
    "c": 0.01817,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.50875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCC9

secondary

#9D9D8D

accent

#955195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCC9

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

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