#BCBDB6#BCBDB6

#BCBDB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.010 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB6
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(69, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -1.63, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 3.78, 115.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0038 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.01 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3788, 50.4640, 51.4914)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB6 #B7B6BD

analogous

#BDBAB6 #BCBDB6 #B8BDB6

triadic

#BCBDB6 #B6BCBD #BDB6BC

tetradic

#BCBDB6 #B6BDBA #B7B6BD #BDB6B8

square

#BCBDB6 #B6BDBA #B7B6BD #BDB6B8

split-complementary

#BCBDB6 #B6B8BD #BAB6BD

monochromatic

#818376 #9FA096 #BCBDB6 #D9DAD6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BCBDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB6

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB6	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.010 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bcbdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb6;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79556,
    "c": 0.00976,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB6

secondary

#898890

accent

#578F5F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB6

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

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