#BCBCBD#BCBCBD

#BCBCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.001 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCBD
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 0.19, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 0.54, 290.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0004 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.001 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9060, 50.3319, 55.3255)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCBD #BDBDBC

analogous

#BCBDBD #BCBCBD #BDBCBD

triadic

#BCBCBD #BDBCBC #BCBDBC

tetradic

#BCBCBD #BDBCBD #BDBDBC #BCBDBD

square

#BCBCBD #BDBCBD #BDBDBC #BCBDBD

split-complementary

#BCBCBD #BDBDBC #BDBDBC

monochromatic

#7E7E80 #9D9D9F #BCBCBD #DBDBDB #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BCBCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCBD

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCBD	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.001 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d0',
    500: '#bcbcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcbd;
$custom-light: #d0d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.752,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79552,
    "c": 0.0014,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCBD

secondary

#8F8F8E

accent

#8A5B8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCBD

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

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