Information about #BCB9C6 color

#BCB9C6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BCB9C6 falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 185, 198) — 73.7% red, 72.5% green, 77.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 4 / 5 / 0 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BCB9C6 is a calm, restrained blue that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Half Grey Chateau (#BABDC1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Morepork (#B8B5C2) and French Grey (#BFBDC1).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 185, 198) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BCB9C6: 10.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BCB9C6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BCB9C6 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BCB9C6 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BCB9C6 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BCB9C6 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BCB9C6 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BCB9C6 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BCB9C6

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Half Grey Chateau color link
Half Grey Chateau

#BABDC1

Morepork color link
Morepork

#B8B5C2

French Grey color link
French Grey

#BFBDC1

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Greywacke color link
Greywacke

#BCB8BE

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Silver Sand color link
Silver Sand

#BFC1C2

Soft Gray color link
Soft Gray

#BBBDBD

Silver color link
Silver

#C0C0C0

Eighth Stack color link
Eighth Stack

#C0C1BF

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Tiara color link
Tiara

#B9C3BE

#BCB9C6 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BCB9C6
  • RGB188, 185, 198
  • CMYK4, 5, 0, 22
  • CSSrgb(188, 185, 198)
  • HSL254°, 10%, 75%
  • HSL Precise253.846°, 10.236%, 75.098%
  • HSV254°, 7%, 78%
  • HSB254°, 7%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.725, 0.776)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.725, 0.776, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.725, 0.776)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB77.6%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBCB9C6
  • DECIMAL ID12368326
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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