#BCB9BE#BCB9BE

#BCB9BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.008 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9BE
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(276, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(276, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 1.98, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 2.92, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0052 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.008 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3807, 49.1071, 55.6877)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9BE #BBBEB9

analogous

#B9B9BE #BCB9BE #BEB9BD

triadic

#BCB9BE #BEBCB9 #B9BEBC

tetradic

#BCB9BE #BEB9B9 #BBBEB9 #B9BDBE

square

#BCB9BE #BEB9B9 #BBBEB9 #B9BDBE

split-complementary

#BCB9BE #BDBEB9 #B9BEB9

monochromatic

#7F7A83 #9E99A1 #BCB9BE #DAD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9BE

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9BE	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.008 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced1',
    500: '#bcb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9be;
$custom-light: #d0ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78968,
    "c": 0.00771,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E586D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9BE

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

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