#BCBDB5#BCBDB5

#BCBDB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.011 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB5
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(68, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -1.81, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 4.31, 114.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0042 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.011 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2759, 50.4228, 50.9491)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB5 #B6B5BD

analogous

#BDBAB5 #BCBDB5 #B8BDB5

triadic

#BCBDB5 #B5BCBD #BDB5BC

tetradic

#BCBDB5 #B5BDBA #B6B5BD #BDB5B8

square

#BCBDB5 #B5BDBA #B6B5BD #BDB5B8

split-complementary

#BCBDB5 #B5B8BD #BAB5BD

monochromatic

#818375 #9FA095 #BCBDB5 #D9DAD5 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB5

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB5	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)

#BEBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.011 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bcbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb5;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79527,
    "c": 0.01114,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB5

secondary

#888690

accent

#56905D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB5

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

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