#BCB2BD#BCB2BD

#BCB2BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.019 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2BD
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(295, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, 5.57, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 7.04, 322.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0152 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.019 323)
XYZ	xyz(45.8433, 46.2065, 54.6379)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2BD #B3BDB2

analogous

#B7B2BD #BCB2BD #BDB2B9

triadic

#BCB2BD #BDBCB2 #B2BDBC

tetradic

#BCB2BD #BDB7B2 #B3BDB2 #B2B9BD

square

#BCB2BD #BDB7B2 #B3BDB2 #B2B9BD

split-complementary

#BCB2BD #B9BDB2 #B2BDB7

monochromatic

#827184 #9F91A1 #BCB2BD #D9D3D9 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2BD

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2BD	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.019 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d0',
    500: '#bcb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2bd;
$custom-light: #d0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77519,
    "c": 0.01899,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.46206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2BD

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#925459

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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