#BCBEB5#BCBEB5

#BCBEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.013 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB5
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(73, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(73, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -2.34, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 4.89, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0057 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.013 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4917, 50.8545, 51.0210)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB5 #B7B5BE

analogous

#BEBBB5 #BCBEB5 #B7BEB5

triadic

#BCBEB5 #B5BCBE #BEB5BC

tetradic

#BCBEB5 #B5BEBB #B7B5BE #BEB5B7

square

#BCBEB5 #B5BEBB #B7B5BE #BEB5B7

split-complementary

#BCBEB5 #B5B7BE #BBB5BE

monochromatic

#818474 #9FA194 #BCBEB5 #D9DBD6 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BCBEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB5

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB5	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.013 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cb',
    500: '#bcbeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb5;
$custom-light: #d0d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79734,
    "c": 0.01265,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB5

secondary

#898691

accent

#559062

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB5

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

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