#BCBBBD#BCBBBD

#BCBBBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.003 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBBD
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(270, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 0.72, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 1.14, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0019 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.003 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6931, 49.9062, 55.2545)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBBD #BCBDBB

analogous

#BBBBBD #BCBBBD #BDBBBD

triadic

#BCBBBD #BDBCBB #BBBDBC

tetradic

#BCBBBD #BDBBBB #BCBDBB #BBBDBD

square

#BCBBBD #BDBBBB #BCBDBB #BBBDBD

split-complementary

#BCBBBD #BDBDBB #BBBDBB

monochromatic

#7F7D81 #9D9C9F #BCBBBD #DBDADB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCBBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBBD

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBBD	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.003 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd0',
    500: '#bcbbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbbd;
$custom-light: #d0cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.00299,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBBD

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8B5A73

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBBD

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

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