#BCB7BD#BCB7BD

#BCB7BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.010 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7BD
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 2.87, -2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 3.75, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0078 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.01 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8564, 48.2326, 54.9756)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7BD #B8BDB7

analogous

#B9B7BD #BCB7BD #BDB7BB

triadic

#BCB7BD #BDBCB7 #B7BDBC

tetradic

#BCB7BD #BDB9B7 #B8BDB7 #B7BBBD

square

#BCB7BD #BDB9B7 #B8BDB7 #B7BBBD

split-complementary

#BCB7BD #BBBDB7 #B7BDB9

monochromatic

#807782 #9E97A0 #BCB7BD #DAD7DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCB7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7BD

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7BD	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.010 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd0',
    500: '#bcb7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7bd;
$custom-light: #d0ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78531,
    "c": 0.01004,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5760

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7BD

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

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