#BCB5BF#BCB5BF

#BCB5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.016 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5BF
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 4.32, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 6.01, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.0115 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.016 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6654, 47.5009, 55.9903)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5BF #B8BFB5

analogous

#B7B5BF #BCB5BF #BFB5BD

triadic

#BCB5BF #BFBCB5 #B5BFBC

tetradic

#BCB5BF #BFB7B5 #B8BFB5 #B5BDBF

square

#BCB5BF #BFB7B5 #B8BFB5 #B5BDBF

split-complementary

#BCB5BF #BDBFB5 #B5BFB7

monochromatic

#807486 #9E94A3 #BCB5BF #DAD6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5BF

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5BF	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.016 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd2',
    500: '#bcb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5bf;
$custom-light: #d0cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78187,
    "c": 0.01596,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#915467

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5BF

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

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