#BCBDBE#BCBDBE

#BCBDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.002 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDBE
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(210, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -0.16, -0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 0.65, 255.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0007 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.002 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2293, 50.8042, 55.9706)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDBE #BEBDBC

analogous

#BCBEBE #BCBDBE #BCBCBE

triadic

#BCBDBE #BEBCBD #BDBEBC

tetradic

#BCBDBE #BEBCBE #BEBDBC #BCBEBC

square

#BCBDBE #BEBCBE #BEBDBC #BCBEBC

split-complementary

#BCBDBE #BEBCBC #BEBEBC

monochromatic

#7E8082 #9D9EA0 #BCBDBE #DBDCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BCBDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDBE

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDBE	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.002 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d1',
    500: '#bcbdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdbe;
$custom-light: #d0d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 1.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79787,
    "c": 0.0018,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDBE

secondary

#908F8E

accent

#735A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDBE

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

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