#BCCBD2

sRGB: 188 / 203 / 210

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#BCCBD2 belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 203 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 199.1° lands in the azure region. Its 19.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% 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 (12.61:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 203, 210
HSL: 199.09°, 19.64%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 199.09°, 10.48%, 82.35%
CMYK (approx.): 10.48%, 3.33%, 0.00%, 17.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.725, 58.056, 69.350
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.770, -3.697, -5.222
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58056
24-bit decimal: 12372946

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 #BCCBD2 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: 12.61:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.67:1

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

#D2C3BC sits half a turn (180°) from #BCCBD2 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.

#BCCBD2 #D2C3BC

Analogous

#BCD2CE and #BCC0D2 sit 30° to either side of #BCCBD2. 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.

#BCD2CE #BCCBD2 #BCC0D2

Triadic

#BCCBD2, #D2BCCB and #CBD2BC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCCBD2 #D2BCCB #CBD2BC

Split complementary

Start at #BCCBD2 and look across the wheel. #D2BCC0 and #D2CEBC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BCCBD2 #D2BCC0 #D2CEBC

Square

Starting with #BCCBD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CEBCD2, #D2C3BC, then #C0D2BC. Across the square, #BCCBD2 pairs with #D2C3BC, and #CEBCD2 with #C0D2BC.

#BCCBD2 #CEBCD2 #D2C3BC #C0D2BC

Tetradic

#BCCBD2 and #D2C3BC are opposites, as are #C3BCD2 and #CBD2BC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCCBD2 #C3BCD2 #D2C3BC #CBD2BC

Tints

Mixing #BCCBD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9D5DB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCCBD2 #C9D5DB #D7E0E4 #E4EAED #F2F5F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCCBD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96A2A8, keeps 80% of the original. By #26292A, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCCBD2 #96A2A8 #717A7E #4B5154 #26292A #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCCBD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0BCC2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8F90, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCCBD2 #B0BCC2 #A4ADB1 #989EA1 #8C8F90 #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

#BCCBD2

RGB

rgb(188 203 210)

HSL

hsl(199.091 19.643% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BCCBD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCCBD2 uses 188 red, 203 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 79.6%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCCBD2 is 10.5% cyan, 3.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 17.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 10.5%

Magenta 3.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 17.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BCCBD2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#BCCBD2 #C0CACE #C3C8CB #C7C7C7 #CBC6C3 #CEC4C0 #D2C3BC

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCCBD2 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.

#C7CAD2

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.

#C4C7D2

Tritanopia

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

#B6CDCD

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.

#C3CAD2

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.

#C2C9D2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BBCBD0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C8C8C8

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.

#C2CACD

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 0.59720 B 0.64448

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 0.74814 G 0.79422 B 0.82020

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51963 G 0.59407 B 0.63864

CIE xyY

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

x 0.297 y 0.321 Y 58.056

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 20.392 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

10111100 11001011 11010010