#BCBEC7#BCBEC7

#BCBEC7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.013 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC7
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(229, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, 1.02, -4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 4.87, 282.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0014 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.013 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4593, 51.6416, 61.3839)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC7 #C7C5BC

analogous

#BCC3C7 #BCBEC7 #BFBCC7

triadic

#BCBEC7 #C7BCBE #BEC7BC

tetradic

#BCBEC7 #C7BCC3 #C7C5BC #BCC7BF

square

#BCBEC7 #C7BCC3 #C7C5BC #BCC7BF

split-complementary

#BCBEC7 #C7BFBC #C3C7BC

monochromatic

#797D8F #9B9EAB #BCBEC7 #DDDEE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BCBEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC7

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC7	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.013 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d8',
    500: '#bcbec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec7;
$custom-light: #d0d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80265,
    "c": 0.01279,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC7

secondary

#9A988D

accent

#875393

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC7

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

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