#BCBCBE#BCBCBE

#BCBCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.003 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCBE
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 0.37, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 1.07, 290.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0008 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.003 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0149, 50.3755, 55.8991)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCBE #BEBEBC

analogous

#BCBDBE #BCBCBE #BDBCBE

triadic

#BCBCBE #BEBCBC #BCBEBC

tetradic

#BCBCBE #BEBCBD #BEBEBC #BCBEBD

square

#BCBCBE #BEBCBD #BEBEBC #BCBEBD

split-complementary

#BCBCBE #BEBDBC #BDBEBC

monochromatic

#7E7E82 #9D9DA0 #BCBCBE #DBDBDC #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCBE

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCBE	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.003 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d1',
    500: '#bcbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcbe;
$custom-light: #d0d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79582,
    "c": 0.00278,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCBE

secondary

#90908E

accent

#8B5A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCBE

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

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