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#bcbfcb ≈ Silver

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcbfcb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 74.9% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.39% cyan, 5.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 228°, with 12.61% saturation and 76.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 5.79.

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Relative luminance0.5226

Complementary

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #cbc8bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #cbc1bc
  3. #c7cbbc

Analogous

  1. #bcc7cb
  2. #bcbfcb
  3. #c1bccb

Triadic

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #cbbcbf
  3. #bfcbbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #c8bccb
  3. #cbc8bc
  4. #bfcbbc

Square

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #cbbcc7
  3. #cbc8bc
  4. #bccbc1

Monochromatic

  1. #686e86
  2. #9196aa
  3. #bcbfcb
  4. #e7e8ec
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#bcbfcb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #a9acb7
  3. #9699a2
  4. #84868e
  5. #71737a
  6. #5e6066
  7. #4b4c51
  8. #38393d
  9. #262629
  10. #131314
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcbfcb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #c3c5d0
  3. #c9ccd5
  4. #d0d2db
  5. #d7d9e0
  6. #dedfe5
  7. #e4e5ea
  8. #ebecef
  9. #f2f2f5
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcbfcb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcbfcb
  2. #b6b9c4
  3. #b0b2bc
  4. #aaacb5
  5. #a4a6ad
  6. #9ea0a6
  7. #98999e
  8. #929397
  9. #8c8d8f
  10. #868688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebfc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcc0cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbbfcb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9c1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcc0cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbbfcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bac0c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcbfcb {
  color: #bcbfcb;
}
Background
.bg-bcbfcb {
  background-color: #bcbfcb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcbfcb {
  border: 2px solid #bcbfcb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcbfcb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 191 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 13% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcbfcb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcbfcb, #c1bccb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcbfcb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 191 203 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.79 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.10 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 7.57 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 7.57 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.41 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.41 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.42 #434034 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Silver
#bcbfcb  rgb(188, 191, 203)  hsl(228, 13%, 77%)  Silver
#cbc8bc  rgb(203, 200, 188)  hsl(48, 13%, 77%)  Timberwolf
#cbbcbf  rgb(203, 188, 191)  hsl(348, 13%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#bfcbbc  rgb(191, 203, 188)  hsl(108, 13%, 77%)  Ash Gray