#BCB4BD#BCB4BD

#BCB4BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.015 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4BD
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(293, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 4.49, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 5.72, 321.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% 0.0122 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.015 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2442, 47.0082, 54.7715)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4BD #B5BDB4

analogous

#B8B4BD #BCB4BD #BDB4BA

triadic

#BCB4BD #BDBCB4 #B4BDBC

tetradic

#BCB4BD #BDB8B4 #B5BDB4 #B4BABD

square

#BCB4BD #BDB8B4 #B5BDB4 #B4BABD

split-complementary

#BCB4BD #BABDB4 #B4BDB8

monochromatic

#817383 #9F93A0 #BCB4BD #D9D5DA #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4BD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4BD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.015 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad0',
    500: '#bcb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4bd;
$custom-light: #d0cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77923,
    "c": 0.0154,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4BD

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#90555C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4BD

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

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