#BCB9BD#BCB9BD

#BCB9BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.006 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9BD
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 1.79, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 2.43, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0048 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.006 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2718, 49.0635, 55.1141)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9BD #BABDB9

analogous

#BAB9BD #BCB9BD #BDB9BC

triadic

#BCB9BD #BDBCB9 #B9BDBC

tetradic

#BCB9BD #BDBAB9 #BABDB9 #B9BCBD

square

#BCB9BD #BDBAB9 #BABDB9 #B9BCBD

split-complementary

#BCB9BD #BCBDB9 #B9BDBA

monochromatic

#807A81 #9E999F #BCB9BD #DAD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BCB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9BD

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9BD	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.006 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced0',
    500: '#bcb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9bd;
$custom-light: #d0ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78938,
    "c": 0.00648,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D5966

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9BD

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

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