#BCC9BE#BCC9BE

#BCC9BE is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.021 H 150.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC9BE
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(129, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(129, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -6.49, 3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 7.61, 148.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.018 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.021 150)
XYZ	xyz(50.9182, 56.1819, 56.8669)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC9BE #C9BCC7

analogous

#C1C9BC #BCC9BE #BCC9C5

triadic

#BCC9BE #BEBCC9 #C9BEBC

tetradic

#BCC9BE #BCC1C9 #C9BCC7 #C9C5BC

square

#BCC9BE #BCC1C9 #C9BCC7 #C9C5BC

split-complementary

#BCC9BE #C5BCC9 #C9BCC1

monochromatic

#78927C #9AAE9D #BCC9BE #DEE4DF #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BCC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BCC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC9BE

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC9BE	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.021 150.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9d1',
    500: '#bcc9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc9be;
$custom-light: #d0d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.231,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82275,
    "c": 0.02076,
    "h": 150
  },
  "luminance": 0.56182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC9BE

secondary

#9D8D9A

accent

#518A95

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC9BE

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

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