#BCBDC5#BCBDC5

#BCBDC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.011 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDC5
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(233, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 1.17, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 4.30, 285.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.002 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.011 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0128, 51.1176, 60.0971)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDC5 #C5C4BC

analogous

#BCC1C5 #BCBDC5 #BFBCC5

triadic

#BCBDC5 #C5BCBD #BDC5BC

tetradic

#BCBDC5 #C5BCC1 #C5C4BC #BCC5BF

square

#BCBDC5 #C5BCC1 #C5C4BC #BCC5BF

split-complementary

#BCBDC5 #C5BFBC #C1C5BC

monochromatic

#7A7C8C #9B9DA9 #BCBDC5 #DDDDE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BCBDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDC5

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDC5	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.011 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d6',
    500: '#bcbdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdc5;
$custom-light: #d0d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79999,
    "c": 0.01123,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDC5

secondary

#98978D

accent

#8A5491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDC5

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

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