#BCBDC1#BCBDC1

#BCBDC1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.006 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC1
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 193)
HSL	hsl(228, 4%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(228, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 0.40, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 2.17, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0005 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.006 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5606, 50.9367, 57.7152)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC1 #C1C0BC

analogous

#BCC0C1 #BCBDC1 #BEBCC1

triadic

#BCBDC1 #C1BCBD #BDC1BC

tetradic

#BCBDC1 #C1BCC0 #C1C0BC #BCC1BE

square

#BCBDC1 #C1BCC0 #C1C0BC #BCC1BE

split-complementary

#BCBDC1 #C1BEBC #C0C1BC

monochromatic

#7C7E86 #9C9EA4 #BCBDC1 #DCDCDE #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBDC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BCBDC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC1

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC1	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.006 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d3',
    500: '#bcbdc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc1;
$custom-light: #d0d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 3.876,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79877,
    "c": 0.0057,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC1

secondary

#94928E

accent

#83588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC1

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

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