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#BCCCD3 — Light Dusty Blue

#BCCCD3 is a blue color we call Light Dusty Blue, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BCCCD3 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BCCCD3 is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D3C2BB; it also sits naturally between #BBD3CE and #BBC0D3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCCCD3 · RGB 188, 204, 211

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Color values

HEX#BCCCD3
RGB188, 204, 211
HSL198°, 21%, 78%
HSV198°, 11%, 83%
CMYK11%, 3%, 0%, 17%
XYZ54.09, 58.58, 70.08
Yxy58.58, 0.2960, 0.3205
CIE-Lab81.06, -4.02, -5.34
Hunter Lab76.54, -3.76, -5.07

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 80% · Blue 83%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 17%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BCCCD3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCCCD3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCCCD3

.text { color: #BCCCD3; }
.background { background-color: #BCCCD3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCCCD3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 204, 211); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(198, 21%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCCCD3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 204, 211, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCCCD3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 204, 211, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCCCD3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCCCD3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCCCD3

#A6BBC5#8DA9B4#7798A6#618594#53717F#445E69#344850#26353B#161E22#080B0C

Tints of #BCCCD3

#C1D0D7#C7D5DB#CBD7DD#D1DCE1#D7E1E5#DDE5E9#E3EAED#E6ECEF#ECF1F3#F3F6F7

Tones of #BCCCD3

#BDCBD1#BECACF#C0CACE#C2C9CC#C4C8CA#C5C8C9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3C2BB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.65:1 Fails
Against black text12.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCCCD3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCCCD3

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BCCCD3: ·

How #BCCCD3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C3C3D1Deuteranopia · #C2C1D1Tritanopia · #BDD0D0

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCCCD3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 6096b4
#6096B4 · #93BFCF · #BDCDD6 · #EEE9DA
Palette Eaefef
#EAEFEF · #BFC9D1 · #25343F · #FF9B51
Palette Fff7f1
#FFF7F1 · #FFE4C9 · #E78895 · #BED1CF
Palette 343434
#343434 · #055E68 · #62A388 · #B9D2D2
Palette 333446
#333446 · #7F8CAA · #B8CFCE · #EAEFEF
Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BDCDD6#BFC9D1#BED1CF#B9D2D2#B8CFCE#BACDDB#BCCCDC#B7CADB#BECCDD#B7C4CF#B3C8CF#BCD2DC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCCCD2  ·  #BCCCD4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCCCD3?

#BCCCD3 is Light Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 188, 204, 211). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCCCD3?

#BCCCD3 is RGB 188, 204, 211 — HSL 198°, 21%, 78% — CMYK 11%, 3%, 0%, 17%.

What colors go with #BCCCD3?

Its complement is #D3C2BB; analogous partners are #BBD3CE and #BBC0D3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCCCD3 for text?

Black text on #BCCCD3 has a contrast ratio of 12.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.