#BCBDC2#BCBDC2

#BCBDC2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.007 H 277.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC2
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(230, 5%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, 0.59, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 2.70, 282.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0009 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.007 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6725, 50.9815, 58.3047)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC2 #C2C1BC

analogous

#BCC0C2 #BCBDC2 #BEBCC2

triadic

#BCBDC2 #C2BCBD #BDC2BC

tetradic

#BCBDC2 #C2BCC0 #C2C1BC #BCC2BE

square

#BCBDC2 #C2BCC0 #C2C1BC #BCC2BE

split-complementary

#BCBDC2 #C2BEBC #C0C2BC

monochromatic

#7C7E88 #9C9DA5 #BCBDC2 #DCDDDF #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BCBDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC2

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC2	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.007 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d4',
    500: '#bcbdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc2;
$custom-light: #d0d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 4.687,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79907,
    "c": 0.00707,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC2

secondary

#95948D

accent

#85578F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC2

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

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