#BCBDB7#BCBDB7

#BCBDB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.008 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB7
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 183)
HSL	hsl(70, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -1.45, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 3.25, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0034 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.008 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4825, 50.5055, 52.0376)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB7 #B8B7BD

analogous

#BDBBB7 #BCBDB7 #B9BDB7

triadic

#BCBDB7 #B7BCBD #BDB7BC

tetradic

#BCBDB7 #B7BDBB #B8B7BD #BDB7B9

square

#BCBDB7 #B7BDBB #B8B7BD #BDB7B9

split-complementary

#BCBDB7 #B7B9BD #BBB7BD

monochromatic

#808277 #9EA097 #BCBDB7 #DADAD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BCBDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB7

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB7	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.008 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cc',
    500: '#bcbdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb7;
$custom-light: #d0d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79584,
    "c": 0.00839,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB7

secondary

#8A8990

accent

#578E60

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB7

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

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