#BCB7BE#BCB7BE

#BCB7BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.011 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7BE
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(283, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 3.05, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 4.22, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0081 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.011 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9653, 48.2762, 55.5492)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7BE #B9BEB7

analogous

#B8B7BE #BCB7BE #BEB7BC

triadic

#BCB7BE #BEBCB7 #B7BEBC

tetradic

#BCB7BE #BEB8B7 #B9BEB7 #B7BCBE

square

#BCB7BE #BEB8B7 #B9BEB7 #B7BCBE

split-complementary

#BCB7BE #BCBEB7 #B7BEB8

monochromatic

#807784 #9E97A1 #BCB7BE #DAD7DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCB7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7BE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7BE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.011 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd1',
    500: '#bcb7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7be;
$custom-light: #d0ccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 5.109,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78561,
    "c": 0.01121,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5767

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7BE

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

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