#BCBDB2#BCBDB2

#BCBDB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.015 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB2
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(65, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -2.34, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 5.92, 113.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0055 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.015 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.9714, 50.3010, 49.3454)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB2 #B3B2BD

analogous

#BDB9B2 #BCBDB2 #B7BDB2

triadic

#BCBDB2 #B2BCBD #BDB2BC

tetradic

#BCBDB2 #B2BDB9 #B3B2BD #BDB2B7

square

#BCBDB2 #B2BDB9 #B3B2BD #BDB2B7

split-complementary

#BCBDB2 #B2B7BD #B9B2BD

monochromatic

#828471 #9FA191 #BCBDB2 #D9D9D3 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BCBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB2

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB2	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.015 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bcbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb2;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79444,
    "c": 0.01526,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.50301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB2

secondary

#848390

accent

#549259

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB2

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

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