#BCBDBF#BCBDBF

#BCBDBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.003 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDBF
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(220, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 0.03, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 1.13, 271.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0003 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.003 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3390, 50.8481, 56.5482)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDBF #BFBEBC

analogous

#BCBFBF #BCBDBF #BDBCBF

triadic

#BCBDBF #BFBCBD #BDBFBC

tetradic

#BCBDBF #BFBCBF #BFBEBC #BCBFBD

square

#BCBDBF #BFBCBF #BFBEBC #BCBFBD

split-complementary

#BCBDBF #BFBDBC #BFBFBC

monochromatic

#7D7F83 #9D9EA1 #BCBDBF #DBDCDD #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BCBDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDBF

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDBF	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.003 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d2',
    500: '#bcbdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdbf;
$custom-light: #d0d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79817,
    "c": 0.00301,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDBF

secondary

#91908E

accent

#7B598C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDBF

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

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