#BCB5BD#BCB5BD

#BCB5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.014 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5BD
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(293, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 3.94, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 5.06, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% 0.0107 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.014 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4468, 47.4134, 54.8391)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5BD #B6BDB5

analogous

#B8B5BD #BCB5BD #BDB5BA

triadic

#BCB5BD #BDBCB5 #B5BDBC

tetradic

#BCB5BD #BDB8B5 #B6BDB5 #B5BABD

square

#BCB5BD #BDB8B5 #B6BDB5 #B5BABD

split-complementary

#BCB5BD #BABDB5 #B5BDB8

monochromatic

#817583 #9F95A0 #BCB5BD #D9D5DA #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5BD

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5BD	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.014 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bcb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5bd;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78125,
    "c": 0.01361,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5BD

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#90565D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5BD

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

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