#BCBEC8#BCBEC8

#BCBEC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.014 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC8
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(230, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(230, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 1.22, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 5.40, 283.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% 0.0017 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.014 277)
XYZ	xyz(49.5758, 51.6882, 61.9974)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC8 #C8C6BC

analogous

#BCC4C8 #BCBEC8 #C0BCC8

triadic

#BCBEC8 #C8BCBE #BEC8BC

tetradic

#BCBEC8 #C8BCC4 #C8C6BC #BCC8C0

square

#BCBEC8 #C8BCC4 #C8C6BC #BCC8C0

split-complementary

#BCBEC8 #C8C0BC #C4C8BC

monochromatic

#797D91 #9A9DAC #BCBEC8 #DEDFE4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BCBEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC8

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC8	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.014 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d8',
    500: '#bcbec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec8;
$custom-light: #d0d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 9.836,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80296,
    "c": 0.01417,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.51688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC8

secondary

#9B998D

accent

#895294

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC8

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

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