#BCB5BE#BCB5BE

#BCB5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.015 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5BE
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(287, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, 4.13, -3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 5.53, 318.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0111 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.015 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5557, 47.4570, 55.4127)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5BE #B7BEB5

analogous

#B7B5BE #BCB5BE #BEB5BB

triadic

#BCB5BE #BEBCB5 #B5BEBC

tetradic

#BCB5BE #BEB7B5 #B7BEB5 #B5BBBE

square

#BCB5BE #BEB7B5 #B7BEB5 #B5BBBE

split-complementary

#BCB5BE #BBBEB5 #B5BEB7

monochromatic

#817484 #9F94A1 #BCB5BE #D9D6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5BE

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5BE	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.015 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd1',
    500: '#bcb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5be;
$custom-light: #d0cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78156,
    "c": 0.01477,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905562

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5BE

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

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