#BCBDCB#BCBDCB

#BCBDCB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.020 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDCB
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(236, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, 2.34, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 7.52, 288.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0043 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.02 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7140, 51.3981, 63.7901)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDCB #CBCABC

analogous

#BCC5CB #BCBDCB #C3BCCB

triadic

#BCBDCB #CBBCBD #BDCBBC

tetradic

#BCBDCB #CBBCC5 #CBCABC #BCCBC3

square

#BCBDCB #CBBCC5 #CBCABC #BCCBC3

split-complementary

#BCBDCB #CBC3BC #C5CBBC

monochromatic

#777996 #9A9BB0 #BCBDCB #DEDFE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BCBDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDCB

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDCB	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BDCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.020 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0da',
    500: '#bcbdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdcb;
$custom-light: #d0d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 12.605,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80188,
    "c": 0.01962,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDCB

secondary

#9F9E8C

accent

#924F97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDCB

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

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