#BCC1C4

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.8% 0.007 233.7), rgb(188, 193, 196).

Black text reads best on this color (11.56:1).

About this color

#BCC1C4 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.007. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.007 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.56:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.007)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.56:1
White text	1.81:1

Values

HEX	#BCC1C4
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 196)
HSL	hsl(203, 6%, 75%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.007 233.7)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #BCC1C4	1.81:1	Fails	Lc -38.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #BCC1C4	11.56:1	AAA	Lc 70.0	Content text, not long reading
#BCC1C4 text on white	1.81:1	Fails	Lc 33.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#BCC1C4 text on black	11.56:1	AAA	Lc -68.7	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E8EAEB

oklch(93.6% 0.003 228.8)
Step 200
200

#D7D9DB

oklch(88.4% 0.004 247.9)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#BCC1C4

oklch(80.8% 0.007 233.7)
Step 400
400

#9AA2A7

oklch(70.7% 0.012 234.9)
Step 500
500

#818B91

oklch(63.1% 0.015 233.9)
Step 600
600

#6B757B

oklch(55.6% 0.015 234)
Step 700
700

#596268

oklch(49% 0.015 236.9)
Step 800
800

#495055

oklch(42.7% 0.012 238.8)
Step 900
900

#3D4246

oklch(37.6% 0.01 241.9)
Step 950
950

#242729

oklch(27% 0.006 236.7)

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#BCC1C4 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C0C1C4	0.005
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BEC0C4	0.004
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BAC2C2	0.005
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.007

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #BCC1C4, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #BCC1C4 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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