#BCBFC9#BCBFC9

#BCBFC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.014 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFC9
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 0.88, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 5.45, 279.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0007 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.014 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9104, 52.1697, 62.6873)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFC9 #C9C6BC

analogous

#BCC6C9 #BCBFC9 #C0BCC9

triadic

#BCBFC9 #C9BCBF #BFC9BC

tetradic

#BCBFC9 #C9BCC6 #C9C6BC #BCC9C0

square

#BCBFC9 #C9BCC6 #C9C6BC #BCC9C0

split-complementary

#BCBFC9 #C9C0BC #C6C9BC

monochromatic

#787E92 #9A9FAE #BCBFC9 #DEDFE4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BCBFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFC9

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFC9	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.014 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d9',
    500: '#bcbfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfc9;
$custom-light: #d0d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80532,
    "c": 0.0144,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFC9

secondary

#9D998D

accent

#855195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFC9

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

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