#BCBDC8#BCBDC8

#BCBDC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.015 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC8
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(235, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 1.75, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 5.91, 287.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0032 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.015 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3600, 51.2565, 61.9254)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC8 #C8C7BC

analogous

#BCC3C8 #BCBDC8 #C1BCC8

triadic

#BCBDC8 #C8BCBD #BDC8BC

tetradic

#BCBDC8 #C8BCC3 #C8C7BC #BCC8C1

square

#BCBDC8 #C8BCC3 #C8C7BC #BCC8C1

split-complementary

#BCBDC8 #C8C1BC #C3C8BC

monochromatic

#797B91 #9A9CAC #BCBDC8 #DEDEE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BCBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC8

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC8	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.015 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d8',
    500: '#bcbdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc8;
$custom-light: #d0d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 9.836,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80093,
    "c": 0.01542,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC8

secondary

#9B9A8D

accent

#8E5294

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC8

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

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