#BCBDC0#BCBDC0

#BCBDC0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.004 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC0
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 192)
HSL	hsl(225, 3%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 0.21, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 1.65, 277.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0001 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.004 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4494, 50.8922, 57.1297)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC0 #C0BFBC

analogous

#BCBFC0 #BCBDC0 #BDBCC0

triadic

#BCBDC0 #C0BCBD #BDC0BC

tetradic

#BCBDC0 #C0BCBF #C0BFBC #BCC0BD

square

#BCBDC0 #C0BCBF #C0BFBC #BCC0BD

split-complementary

#BCBDC0 #C0BDBC #BFC0BC

monochromatic

#7D7F85 #9C9EA2 #BCBDC0 #DCDCDE #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCBDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC0

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC0	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.004 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d3',
    500: '#bcbdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc0;
$custom-light: #d0d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 3.077,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79847,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC0

secondary

#92918E

accent

#80598D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC0

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

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