#BCBAC4#BCBAC4

#BCBAC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.014 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAC4
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(252, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 2.58, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 5.44, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.006 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.014 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2600, 49.7946, 59.2827)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAC4 #C2C4BA

analogous

#BABDC4 #BCBAC4 #C1BAC4

triadic

#BCBAC4 #C4BCBA #BAC4BC

tetradic

#BCBAC4 #C4BABD #C2C4BA #BAC4C1

square

#BCBAC4 #C4BABD #C2C4BA #BAC4C1

split-complementary

#BCBAC4 #C4C1BA #BDC4BA

monochromatic

#7C788C #9C99A8 #BCBAC4 #DCDBE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCBAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAC4

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAC4	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.014 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced5',
    500: '#bcbac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbac4;
$custom-light: #d0ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79357,
    "c": 0.01412,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAC4

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#925485

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAC4

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

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