#BCBCBF#BCBCBF

#BCBCBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.004 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCBF
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 0.56, -1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 1.61, 290.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.0012 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.004 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1246, 50.4194, 56.4767)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCBF #BFBFBC

analogous

#BCBEBF #BCBCBF #BEBCBF

triadic

#BCBCBF #BFBCBC #BCBFBC

tetradic

#BCBCBF #BFBCBE #BFBFBC #BCBFBE

square

#BCBCBF #BFBCBE #BFBFBC #BCBFBE

split-complementary

#BCBCBF #BFBEBC #BEBFBC

monochromatic

#7D7D83 #9D9DA1 #BCBCBF #DBDBDD #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCBF

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCBF	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.004 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d2',
    500: '#bcbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcbf;
$custom-light: #d0d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79612,
    "c": 0.00418,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCBF

secondary

#91918E

accent

#8C598C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCBF

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

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