#BCBDB8#BCBDB8

#BCBDB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.007 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB8
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(72, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(72, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -1.27, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 2.71, 117.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0031 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.007 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5870, 50.5473, 52.5877)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB8 #B9B8BD

analogous

#BDBBB8 #BCBDB8 #B9BDB8

triadic

#BCBDB8 #B8BCBD #BDB8BC

tetradic

#BCBDB8 #B8BDBB #B9B8BD #BDB8B9

square

#BCBDB8 #B8BDBB #B9B8BD #BDB8B9

split-complementary

#BCBDB8 #B8B9BD #BBB8BD

monochromatic

#808279 #9EA098 #BCBDB8 #DADAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BCBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB8

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB8	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.007 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cd',
    500: '#bcbdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb8;
$custom-light: #d0d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79612,
    "c": 0.00702,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB8

secondary

#8B8A90

accent

#588D63

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB8

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

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