#BCBDC3#BCBDC3

#BCBDC3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.008 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC3
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(231, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(231, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, 0.78, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 3.24, 284.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0013 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.008 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7852, 51.0266, 58.8982)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC3 #C3C2BC

analogous

#BCC0C3 #BCBDC3 #BEBCC3

triadic

#BCBDC3 #C3BCBD #BDC3BC

tetradic

#BCBDC3 #C3BCC0 #C3C2BC #BCC3BE

square

#BCBDC3 #C3BCC0 #C3C2BC #BCC3BE

split-complementary

#BCBDC3 #C3BEBC #C0C3BC

monochromatic

#7B7D89 #9C9DA6 #BCBDC3 #DCDDE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BCBDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC3

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC3	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.008 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d5',
    500: '#bcbdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc3;
$custom-light: #d0d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 5.512,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.00846,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC3

secondary

#96958D

accent

#87568F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC3

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

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