#BCBDC4#BCBDC4

#BCBDC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.010 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC4
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(233, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 0.98, -3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 3.77, 285.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0017 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.01 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8986, 51.0719, 59.4956)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC4 #C4C3BC

analogous

#BCC1C4 #BCBDC4 #BFBCC4

triadic

#BCBDC4 #C4BCBD #BDC4BC

tetradic

#BCBDC4 #C4BCC1 #C4C3BC #BCC4BF

square

#BCBDC4 #C4BCC1 #C4C3BC #BCC4BF

split-complementary

#BCBDC4 #C4BFBC #C1C4BC

monochromatic

#7B7D8B #9B9DA7 #BCBDC4 #DDDDE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BCBDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC4

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC4	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)

#BBBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.010 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d5',
    500: '#bcbdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc4;
$custom-light: #d0d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79968,
    "c": 0.00985,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC4

secondary

#97968D

accent

#895590

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC4

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

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