#BCBDB4#BCBDB4

#BCBDB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.013 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB4
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(67, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -1.98, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 4.85, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0046 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.013 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1736, 50.3819, 50.4107)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB4 #B5B4BD

analogous

#BDBAB4 #BCBDB4 #B8BDB4

triadic

#BCBDB4 #B4BCBD #BDB4BC

tetradic

#BCBDB4 #B4BDBA #B5B4BD #BDB4B8

square

#BCBDB4 #B4BDBA #B5B4BD #BDB4B8

split-complementary

#BCBDB4 #B4B8BD #BAB4BD

monochromatic

#818373 #9FA093 #BCBDB4 #D9DAD5 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB4

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB4	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)

#BFBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.013 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ca',
    500: '#bcbdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb4;
$custom-light: #d0d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.795,
    "c": 0.01252,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB4

secondary

#878590

accent

#55905C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB4

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

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