#BCBEC9#BCBEC9

#BCBEC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.016 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC9
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(231, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, 1.41, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 5.93, 283.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% 0.0021 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.016 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6931, 51.7351, 62.6149)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC9 #C9C7BC

analogous

#BCC5C9 #BCBEC9 #C1BCC9

triadic

#BCBEC9 #C9BCBE #BEC9BC

tetradic

#BCBEC9 #C9BCC5 #C9C7BC #BCC9C1

square

#BCBEC9 #C9BCC5 #C9C7BC #BCC9C1

split-complementary

#BCBEC9 #C9C1BC #C5C9BC

monochromatic

#787C92 #9A9DAE #BCBEC9 #DEDFE4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BCBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC9

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC9	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.016 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d9',
    500: '#bcbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec9;
$custom-light: #d0d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80328,
    "c": 0.01555,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC9

secondary

#9D9A8D

accent

#8A5195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC9

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

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