#BCBDB3#BCBDB3

#BCBDB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.014 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB3
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(66, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(66, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -2.16, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 5.38, 113.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.005 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.014 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0721, 50.3413, 49.8761)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB3 #B4B3BD

analogous

#BDB9B3 #BCBDB3 #B7BDB3

triadic

#BCBDB3 #B3BCBD #BDB3BC

tetradic

#BCBDB3 #B3BDB9 #B4B3BD #BDB3B7

square

#BCBDB3 #B3BDB9 #B4B3BD #BDB3B7

split-complementary

#BCBDB3 #B3B7BD #B9B3BD

monochromatic

#828372 #9FA192 #BCBDB3 #D9D9D4 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BCBDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB3

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB3	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)

#BFBCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.014 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bcbdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb3;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79472,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB3

secondary

#858490

accent

#55915B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB3

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

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