#BCBDBD#BCBDBD

#BCBDBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.001 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDBD
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -0.35, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 0.37, 199.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0011 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.001 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1204, 50.7606, 55.3969)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDBD #BDBCBC

analogous

#BCBDBD #BCBDBD #BCBDBD

triadic

#BCBDBD #BDBCBD #BDBDBC

tetradic

#BCBDBD #BDBCBD #BDBCBC #BDBDBC

square

#BCBDBD #BDBCBD #BDBCBC #BDBDBC

split-complementary

#BCBDBD #BDBCBD #BDBDBC

monochromatic

#7E8080 #9D9F9F #BCBDBD #DBDBDB #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BCBDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDBD

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDBD	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.001 197.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.752,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79757,
    "c": 0.00112,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDBD

secondary

#8F8E8E

accent

#5B5B8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDBD

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

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