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#BCCCD4 — Light Dusty Blue

#BCCCD4 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 #BCCCD4 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.

#BCCCD4 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 #D3C3BB; it also sits naturally between #BBD3CF and #BBBFD3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCCCD4 · RGB 188, 204, 212

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Color values

HEX#BCCCD4
RGB188, 204, 212
HSL200°, 22%, 78%
HSV200°, 11%, 83%
CMYK11%, 4%, 0%, 17%
XYZ54.22, 58.63, 70.75
Yxy58.63, 0.2953, 0.3194
CIE-Lab81.09, -3.82, -5.83
Hunter Lab76.57, -3.58, -5.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 80% · Blue 83%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 0% · Key 17%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCCCD4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCCCD4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCCCD4

.text { color: #BCCCD4; }
.background { background-color: #BCCCD4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCCCD4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 204, 212); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(200, 22%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCCCD4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 204, 212, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCCCD4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 204, 212, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCCCD4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCCCD4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCCCD4

#A5BAC5#8CA8B5#7697A7#5F8395#527080#445D6A#344751#26343B#161E22#080B0C

Tints of #BCCCD4

#C1D0D7#C7D4DB#CAD7DD#D0DCE1#D7E0E5#DDE5E9#E3EAED#E6ECEF#ECF1F3#F3F6F7

Tones of #BCCCD4

#BCCAD2#BECAD0#C0C9CE#C2C9CC#C4C8CA#C5C7C9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3C3BB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.65:1 Fails
Against black text12.73:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCCCD4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCCCD4

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 #BCCCD4: ·

How #BCCCD4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C3D2Deuteranopia · #C2C1D2Tritanopia · #BDD1D0

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 #BCCCD4 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#BDCDD6#BFC9D1#B9D2D2#BACDDB#BED1CF#B8CFCE#BCCCDC#B7CADB#BECCDD#BCD2DC#B7C4CF#BBD5DA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCCCD3  ·  #BCCCD5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCCCD4?

#BCCCD4 is Light Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 188, 204, 212). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCCCD4?

#BCCCD4 is RGB 188, 204, 212 — HSL 200°, 22%, 78% — CMYK 11%, 4%, 0%, 17%.

What colors go with #BCCCD4?

Its complement is #D3C3BB; analogous partners are #BBD3CF and #BBBFD3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCCCD4 for text?

Black text on #BCCCD4 has a contrast ratio of 12.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.