#BCBABE#BCBABE

#BCBABE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.006 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBABE
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(270, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 1.44, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 2.28, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.0037 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.006 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5907, 49.5269, 55.7577)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBABE #BCBEBA

analogous

#BABABE #BCBABE #BEBABE

triadic

#BCBABE #BEBCBA #BABEBC

tetradic

#BCBABE #BEBABA #BCBEBA #BABEBE

square

#BCBABE #BEBABA #BCBEBA #BABEBE

split-complementary

#BCBABE #BEBEBA #BABEBA

monochromatic

#7F7B83 #9D9AA0 #BCBABE #DBDADC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BCBABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBABE

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBABE	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.006 308.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.985,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79173,
    "c": 0.00599,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBABE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8D5973

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBABE

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

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