#BCB4BE#BCB4BE

#BCB4BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.017 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4BE
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(288, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, 4.67, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 6.19, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.0126 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.017 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3531, 47.0518, 55.3452)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4BE #B6BEB4

analogous

#B7B4BE #BCB4BE #BEB4BB

triadic

#BCB4BE #BEBCB4 #B4BEBC

tetradic

#BCB4BE #BEB7B4 #B6BEB4 #B4BBBE

square

#BCB4BE #BEB7B4 #B6BEB4 #B4BBBE

split-complementary

#BCB4BE #BBBEB4 #B4BEB7

monochromatic

#817385 #9F93A2 #BCB4BE #D9D5DA #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4BE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4BE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.017 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad1',
    500: '#bcb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4be;
$custom-light: #d0cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77954,
    "c": 0.01655,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#915461

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4BE

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

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