#BCBDBC#BCBDBC

#BCBDBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.002 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDBC
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -0.53, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 0.66, 144.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0015 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.002 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0122, 50.7174, 54.8272)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDBC #BDBCBD

analogous

#BDBDBC #BCBDBC #BCBDBD

triadic

#BCBDBC #BCBCBD #BDBCBC

tetradic

#BCBDBC #BCBDBD #BDBCBD #BDBDBC

square

#BCBDBC #BCBDBD #BDBCBD #BDBDBC

split-complementary

#BCBDBC #BDBCBD #BDBCBD

monochromatic

#7E807E #9D9F9D #BCBDBC #DBDBDB #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BCBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDBC

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDBC	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.002 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d0',
    500: '#bcbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdbc;
$custom-light: #d0d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.752,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79728,
    "c": 0.00177,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDBC

secondary

#8F8E8F

accent

#5B8A8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDBC

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

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