#BCBDBA#BCBDBA

#BCBDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.004 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDBA
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(80, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(80, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -0.90, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 1.66, 122.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0022 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.004 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7981, 50.6317, 53.6996)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDBA #BBBABD

analogous

#BDBCBA #BCBDBA #BABDBA

triadic

#BCBDBA #BABCBD #BDBABC

tetradic

#BCBDBA #BABDBC #BBBABD #BDBABA

square

#BCBDBA #BABDBC #BBBABD #BDBABA

split-complementary

#BCBDBA #BABABD #BCBABD

monochromatic

#7F817B #9E9F9B #BCBDBA #DADBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BCBDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDBA

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDBA	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.004 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ce',
    500: '#bcbdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdba;
$custom-light: #d0d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7967,
    "c": 0.0043,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDBA

secondary

#8D8C8F

accent

#5A8C6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDBA

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

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