#BCBDBB#BCBDBB

#BCBDBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.003 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDBB
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(90, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -0.72, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 1.14, 129.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0019 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.003 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9048, 50.6744, 54.2615)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDBB #BCBBBD

analogous

#BDBDBB #BCBDBB #BBBDBB

triadic

#BCBDBB #BBBCBD #BDBBBC

tetradic

#BCBDBB #BBBDBD #BCBBBD #BDBBBB

square

#BCBDBB #BBBDBD #BCBBBD #BDBBBB

split-complementary

#BCBDBB #BBBBBD #BDBBBD

monochromatic

#7F817D #9D9F9C #BCBDBB #DBDBDA #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BCBDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDBB

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDBB	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)

#BDBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.003 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cf',
    500: '#bcbdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdbb;
$custom-light: #d0d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79699,
    "c": 0.00299,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDBB

secondary

#8E8D8F

accent

#5A8B73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDBB

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

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