#BCBECC

sRGB: 188 / 190 / 204

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#BCBECC belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 190 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 232.5° lands in the blue region. Its 13.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.38:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 190, 204
HSL: 232.50°, 13.56%, 76.86%
HSV / HSB: 232.50°, 7.84%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 7.84%, 6.86%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.049, 51.878, 64.505
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.208, 2.004, -7.259
WCAG relative luminance: 0.51878
24-bit decimal: 12369612

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BCBECC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.38:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.85:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CCCABC sits half a turn (180°) from #BCBECC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BCBECC #CCCABC

Analogous

#BCC6CC and #C2BCCC sit 30° to either side of #BCBECC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BCC6CC #BCBECC #C2BCCC

Triadic

#BCBECC, #CCBCBE and #BECCBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCBECC #CCBCBE #BECCBC

Split complementary

Start at #BCBECC and look across the wheel. #CCC2BC and #C6CCBC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BCBECC #CCC2BC #C6CCBC

Square

Starting with #BCBECC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCBCC6, #CCCABC, then #BCCCC2. Across the square, #BCBECC pairs with #CCCABC, and #CCBCC6 with #BCCCC2.

#BCBECC #CCBCC6 #CCCABC #BCCCC2

Tetradic

#BCBECC and #CCCABC are opposites, as are #CABCCC and #BECCBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCBECC #CABCCC #CCCABC #BECCBC

Tints

Mixing #BCBECC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9CBD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F2F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCBECC #C9CBD6 #D7D8E0 #E4E5EB #F2F2F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCBECC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9698A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #262629, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCBECC #9698A3 #71727A #4B4C52 #262629 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCBECC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0B2BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8C8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCBECC #B0B2BD #A4A5AE #98999E #8C8C8F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BCBECC

RGB

rgb(188 190 204)

HSL

hsl(232.500 13.559% 76.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BCBECC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCBECC uses 188 red, 190 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 74.5%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCBECC is 7.8% cyan, 6.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.8%

Magenta 6.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBBCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BBC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BCBECC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBBCC Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BCBECC #BFC0C9 #C1C2C7 #C4C4C4 #C7C6C1 #C9C8BF #CCCABC

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCBECC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BBBFCD

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BABECC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B9C0C2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BBBFCC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BBBECC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BBBFC9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BFBFBF

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BDBEC5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.50289 G 0.51492 B 0.60383

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73866 G 0.74484 B 0.79517

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.50502 G 0.51452 B 0.59567

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.301 y 0.312 Y 51.878

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 26.275 M % 25.490 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111100 10111110 11001100