#BCBBC5#BCBBC5

#BCBBC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.014 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBC5
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(246, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(246, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, 2.24, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 5.40, 294.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0049 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.014 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5856, 50.2631, 59.9546)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBC5 #C4C5BB

analogous

#BBBFC5 #BCBBC5 #C1BBC5

triadic

#BCBBC5 #C5BCBB #BBC5BC

tetradic

#BCBBC5 #C5BBBF #C4C5BB #BBC5C1

square

#BCBBC5 #C5BBBF #C4C5BB #BBC5C1

split-complementary

#BCBBC5 #C5C1BB #BFC5BB

monochromatic

#7B798D #9B9AA9 #BCBBC5 #DDDCE1 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BCBBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBC5

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBC5	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.014 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd6',
    500: '#bcbbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbc5;
$custom-light: #d0cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79591,
    "c": 0.014,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBC5

secondary

#97988C

accent

#92548C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBC5

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

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