#BCBEB4#BCBEB4

#BCBEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.014 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB4
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 180)
HSL	hsl(72, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(72, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -2.51, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 5.42, 117.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0061 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.014 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3895, 50.8136, 50.4826)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB4 #B6B4BE

analogous

#BEBBB4 #BCBEB4 #B7BEB4

triadic

#BCBEB4 #B4BCBE #BEB4BC

tetradic

#BCBEB4 #B4BEBB #B6B4BE #BEB4B7

square

#BCBEB4 #B4BEBB #B6B4BE #BEB4B7

split-complementary

#BCBEB4 #B4B7BE #BBB4BE

monochromatic

#818573 #9FA293 #BCBEB4 #D9DAD5 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BCBEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB4

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB4	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.014 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ca',
    500: '#bcbeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb4;
$custom-light: #d0d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79707,
    "c": 0.01401,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB4

secondary

#888591

accent

#549161

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB4

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

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