#BCB3BD#BCB3BD

#BCB3BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.017 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3BD
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(294, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, 5.03, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 6.38, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0137 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.017 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0430, 46.6059, 54.7045)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3BD #B4BDB3

analogous

#B7B3BD #BCB3BD #BDB3B9

triadic

#BCB3BD #BDBCB3 #B3BDBC

tetradic

#BCB3BD #BDB7B3 #B4BDB3 #B3B9BD

square

#BCB3BD #BDB7B3 #B4BDB3 #B3B9BD

split-complementary

#BCB3BD #B9BDB3 #B3BDB7

monochromatic

#827283 #9F92A1 #BCB3BD #D9D4D9 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3BD

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3BD	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.017 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d0',
    500: '#bcb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3bd;
$custom-light: #d0c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77721,
    "c": 0.0172,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3BD

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#91555B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3BD

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

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