#BCB4BF#BCB4BF

#BCB4BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.018 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4BF
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(284, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(284, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, 4.86, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 6.67, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.013 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.018 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4628, 47.0957, 55.9228)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4BF #B7BFB4

analogous

#B6B4BF #BCB4BF #BFB4BC

triadic

#BCB4BF #BFBCB4 #B4BFBC

tetradic

#BCB4BF #BFB6B4 #B7BFB4 #B4BCBF

square

#BCB4BF #BFB6B4 #B7BFB4 #B4BCBF

split-complementary

#BCB4BF #BCBFB4 #B4BFB6

monochromatic

#817286 #9F93A3 #BCB4BF #D9D5DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4BF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4BF	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.018 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad2',
    500: '#bcb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4bf;
$custom-light: #d0cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77985,
    "c": 0.01774,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#925465

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4BF

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

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