#BCC9BC#BCC9BC

#BCC9BC is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.023 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC9BC
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(120, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -6.86, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 8.47, 144.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0188 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.023 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7011, 56.0951, 55.7235)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC9BC #C9BCC9

analogous

#C3C9BC #BCC9BC #BCC9C3

triadic

#BCC9BC #BCBCC9 #C9BCBC

tetradic

#BCC9BC #BCC3C9 #C9BCC9 #C9C3BC

square

#BCC9BC #BCC3C9 #C9BCC9 #C9C3BC

split-complementary

#BCC9BC #C3BCC9 #C9BCC3

monochromatic

#789278 #9AAE9A #BCC9BC #DEE4DE #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BCC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BCC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC9BC

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC9BC	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.023 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9d0',
    500: '#bcc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc9bc;
$custom-light: #d0d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82219,
    "c": 0.02285,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC9BC

secondary

#9D8D9D

accent

#519595

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC9BC

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

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