#BCBECE#BCBECE

#BCBECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.023 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBECE
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(233, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 2.40, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 8.60, 286.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.004 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.023 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2908, 51.9742, 65.7631)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBECE #CECCBC

analogous

#BCC7CE #BCBECE #C3BCCE

triadic

#BCBECE #CEBCBE #BECEBC

tetradic

#BCBECE #CEBCC7 #CECCBC #BCCEC3

square

#BCBECE #CEBCC7 #CECCBC #BCCEC3

split-complementary

#BCBECE #CEC3BC #C7CEBC

monochromatic

#75799A #999CB4 #BCBECE #DFE0E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BCBECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBECE

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBECE	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.023 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1dd',
    500: '#bcbece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbece;
$custom-light: #d0d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80488,
    "c": 0.02252,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBECE

secondary

#A2A08C

accent

#914C9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBECE

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

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