#BCB3BE#BCB3BE

#BCB3BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.018 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3BE
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(289, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, 5.21, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 6.85, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.0141 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.018 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1519, 46.6495, 55.2781)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3BE #B5BEB3

analogous

#B7B3BE #BCB3BE #BEB3BB

triadic

#BCB3BE #BEBCB3 #B3BEBC

tetradic

#BCB3BE #BEB7B3 #B5BEB3 #B3BBBE

square

#BCB3BE #BEB7B3 #B5BEB3 #B3BBBE

split-complementary

#BCB3BE #BBBEB3 #B3BEB7

monochromatic

#817285 #9F92A2 #BCB3BE #D9D4DA #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3BE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3BE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.018 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d1',
    500: '#bcb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3be;
$custom-light: #d0c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77752,
    "c": 0.01834,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#92545F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3BE

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

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