#BCBABD#BCBABD

#BCBABD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.005 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBABD
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 1.26, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 1.78, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% 0.0033 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.005 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4817, 49.4833, 55.1841)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBABD #BBBDBA

analogous

#BABABD #BCBABD #BDBABC

triadic

#BCBABD #BDBCBA #BABDBC

tetradic

#BCBABD #BDBABA #BBBDBA #BABCBD

square

#BCBABD #BDBABA #BBBDBA #BABCBD

split-complementary

#BCBABD #BCBDBA #BABDBA

monochromatic

#7F7B81 #9E9B9F #BCBABD #DAD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCBABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBABD

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBABD	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.005 314.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79142,
    "c": 0.00472,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBABD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBABD

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

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