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#BCC4CE

#bcc4ce ≈ Silver

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bcc4ce is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 76.86% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.74% cyan, 4.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 213.33°, with 15.52% saturation and 77.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Silver (#c0c0c0), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.5463

Complementary

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #cec6bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #cebdbc
  3. #cdcebc

Analogous

  1. #bccdce
  2. #bcc4ce
  3. #bdbcce

Triadic

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #cebcc4
  3. #c4cebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #c6bcce
  3. #cec6bc
  4. #c4cebc

Square

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #cebccd
  3. #cec6bc
  4. #bccebd

Monochromatic

  1. #66768b
  2. #909dae
  3. #bcc4ce
  4. #e8ebee
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#bcc4ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #a9b0b9
  3. #969da5
  4. #848990
  5. #71767c
  6. #5e6267
  7. #4b4e52
  8. #383b3e
  9. #262729
  10. #131415
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcc4ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #c3cad3
  3. #c9d0d8
  4. #d0d6dd
  5. #d7dce2
  6. #dee2e7
  7. #e4e7eb
  8. #ebedf0
  9. #f2f3f5
  10. #f8f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcc4ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcc4ce
  2. #b6bdc6
  3. #b0b6be
  4. #aab0b7
  5. #a4a9af
  6. #9ea2a7
  7. #989b9f
  8. #929497
  9. #8c8e90
  10. #868788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0c3c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1c4cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfc2ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8c6c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfc4ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bec3ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bac5ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcc4ce {
  color: #bcc4ce;
}
Background
.bg-bcc4ce {
  background-color: #bcc4ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcc4ce {
  border: 2px solid #bcc4ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcc4ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 196 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 16% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcc4ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcc4ce, #bdbcce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcc4ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 196 206 / 0.35);
}

#c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.39 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.27 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.35 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.42 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 6.61 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 6.61 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 8.01 #433b31 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Silver
#bcc4ce  rgb(188, 196, 206)  hsl(213, 16%, 77%)  Silver
#cec6bc  rgb(206, 198, 188)  hsl(33, 16%, 77%)  Timberwolf
#cebcc4  rgb(206, 188, 196)  hsl(333, 16%, 77%)  Silver Pink
#c4cebc  rgb(196, 206, 188)  hsl(93, 16%, 77%)  Ash Gray