#BCBEB3#BCBEB3

#BCBEB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.015 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB3
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(71, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(71, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -2.69, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 5.95, 116.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0065 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.015 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2880, 50.7730, 49.9480)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB3 #B5B3BE

analogous

#BEBBB3 #BCBEB3 #B7BEB3

triadic

#BCBEB3 #B3BCBE #BEB3BC

tetradic

#BCBEB3 #B3BEBB #B5B3BE #BEB3B7

square

#BCBEB3 #B3BEBB #B5B3BE #BEB3B7

split-complementary

#BCBEB3 #B3B7BE #BBB3BE

monochromatic

#818572 #9FA292 #BCBEB3 #D9DAD4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BCBEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB3

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB3	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.015 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c9',
    500: '#bcbeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb3;
$custom-light: #d0d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79679,
    "c": 0.01537,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB3

secondary

#878491

accent

#54925F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB3

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

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