#bcc5cb

Color #bcc5cb

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.68 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bcc5cb

RGB

rgb(188, 197, 203)

HSL

hsl(204, 12.6%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 7.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.4%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(79, -1.92, -4.06)

LCH

lch(79, 4.49, 244.69)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.0131, 236.55)

HWB

hwb(204, 73.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbc2bc

Analogous

#bccbca

#bcc5cb

#bcbecb

Triadic

#bcc5cb

#cbbcc5

#c5cbbc

Split-complementary

#bcc5cb

#cbbcbe

#cbcabc

Tetradic

#bcc5cb

#c2bccb

#cbc2bc

#c5cbbc

Square

#bcc5cb

#cabccb

#cbc2bc

#becbbc

Shades

Color #bcc5cb mixed toward black.

#97a5af

#738692

#55646e

#394349

#1c2125

Tints

Color #bcc5cb mixed toward white.

#c7cfd4

#d2d8dc

#dee2e5

#e9ecee

#f4f5f6

Tones

Color #bcc5cb mixed toward gray.

#bdc5ca

#bfc5c9

#c0c4c7

#c1c4c6

#c2c4c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0ca · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#bfbfc9 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#bcc8c8 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 4.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcc5cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcc5cb]

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Frequently asked questions

#bcc5cb (#bcc5cb) is rgb(188, 197, 203) in RGB.

No, #bcc5cb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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