#BCBDC6#BCBDC6

#BCBDC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.013 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC6
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(234, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, 1.36, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 4.84, 286.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0024 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.013 281)
XYZ	xyz(49.1278, 51.1636, 60.7025)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC6 #C6C5BC

analogous

#BCC2C6 #BCBDC6 #C0BCC6

triadic

#BCBDC6 #C6BCBD #BDC6BC

tetradic

#BCBDC6 #C6BCC2 #C6C5BC #BCC6C0

square

#BCBDC6 #C6BCC2 #C6C5BC #BCC6C0

split-complementary

#BCBDC6 #C6C0BC #C2C6BC

monochromatic

#7A7C8E #9B9CAA #BCBDC6 #DDDEE2 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BCBDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC6

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC6	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.013 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d7',
    500: '#bcbdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc6;
$custom-light: #d0d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8003,
    "c": 0.01263,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.51164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC6

secondary

#99988D

accent

#8C5392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC6

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

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