#BCB8BD#BCB8BD

#BCB8BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.008 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8BD
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(288, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 2.33, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 3.09, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0063 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.008 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0633, 48.6466, 55.0446)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8BD #B9BDB8

analogous

#B9B8BD #BCB8BD #BDB8BB

triadic

#BCB8BD #BDBCB8 #B8BDBC

tetradic

#BCB8BD #BDB9B8 #B9BDB8 #B8BBBD

square

#BCB8BD #BDB9B8 #B9BDB8 #B8BBBD

split-complementary

#BCB8BD #BBBDB8 #B8BDB9

monochromatic

#807982 #9E98A0 #BCB8BD #DAD8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8BD

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8BD	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.008 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd0',
    500: '#bcb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8bd;
$custom-light: #d0cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78734,
    "c": 0.00826,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D5863

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8BD

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

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