#BCBDC7#BCBDC7

#BCBDC7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.014 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC7
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 199)
HSL	hsl(235, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 1.56, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 5.37, 286.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% 0.0028 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.014 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2435, 51.2099, 61.3120)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC7 #C7C6BC

analogous

#BCC2C7 #BCBDC7 #C0BCC7

triadic

#BCBDC7 #C7BCBD #BDC7BC

tetradic

#BCBDC7 #C7BCC2 #C7C6BC #BCC7C0

square

#BCBDC7 #C7BCC2 #C7C6BC #BCC7C0

split-complementary

#BCBDC7 #C7C0BC #C2C7BC

monochromatic

#797B8F #9B9CAB #BCBDC7 #DDDEE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBDC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCBDC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC7

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC7	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.014 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d8',
    500: '#bcbdc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc7;
$custom-light: #d0d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80061,
    "c": 0.01402,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC7

secondary

#9A998D

accent

#8D5393

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC7

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

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