#BCB9BF#BCB9BF

#BCB9BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.009 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9BF
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(270, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 2.17, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 3.43, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79% 0.0056 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.009 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4904, 49.1509, 56.2653)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9BF #BCBFB9

analogous

#B9B9BF #BCB9BF #BFB9BF

triadic

#BCB9BF #BFBCB9 #B9BFBC

tetradic

#BCB9BF #BFB9B9 #BCBFB9 #B9BFBF

square

#BCB9BF #BFB9B9 #BCBFB9 #B9BFBF

split-complementary

#BCB9BF #BFBFB9 #B9BFB9

monochromatic

#7F7984 #9D99A2 #BCB9BF #DBD9DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9BF

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9BF	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.009 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced2',
    500: '#bcb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9bf;
$custom-light: #d0ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78999,
    "c": 0.00898,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9BF

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8E5773

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9BF

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

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