#BCBEC6#BCBEC6

#BCBEC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.011 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC6
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(228, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 0.83, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 4.34, 280.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.001 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.011 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3436, 51.5953, 60.7744)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC6 #C6C4BC

analogous

#BCC3C6 #BCBEC6 #BFBCC6

triadic

#BCBEC6 #C6BCBE #BEC6BC

tetradic

#BCBEC6 #C6BCC3 #C6C4BC #BCC6BF

square

#BCBEC6 #C6BCC3 #C6C4BC #BCC6BF

split-complementary

#BCBEC6 #C6BFBC #C3C6BC

monochromatic

#7A7E8E #9B9EAA #BCBEC6 #DDDEE2 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BCBEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC6

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC6	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.011 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d7',
    500: '#bcbec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec6;
$custom-light: #d0d1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80234,
    "c": 0.01141,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC6

secondary

#99978D

accent

#865392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC6

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

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