#BCBDCD#BCBDCD

#BCBDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.022 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDCD
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(236, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 2.74, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 8.59, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0051 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.022 283)
XYZ	xyz(49.9539, 51.4940, 65.0534)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDCD #CDCCBC

analogous

#BCC6CD #BCBDCD #C4BCCD

triadic

#BCBDCD #CDBCBD #BDCDBC

tetradic

#BCBDCD #CDBCC6 #CDCCBC #BCCDC4

square

#BCBDCD #CDBCC6 #CDCCBC #BCCDC4

split-complementary

#BCBDCD #CDC4BC #C6CDBC

monochromatic

#767899 #999AB3 #BCBDCD #DFE0E7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BCBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDCD

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDCD	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.022 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0dc',
    500: '#bcbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdcd;
$custom-light: #d0d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80252,
    "c": 0.02242,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.51494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDCD

secondary

#A1A08C

accent

#944D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDCD

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

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