#BCBEB7#BCBEB7

#BCBEB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.010 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB7
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 183)
HSL	hsl(77, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(77, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -1.98, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 3.83, 121.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0049 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.01 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6984, 50.9372, 52.1096)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB7 #B9B7BE

analogous

#BEBCB7 #BCBEB7 #B8BEB7

triadic

#BCBEB7 #B7BCBE #BEB7BC

tetradic

#BCBEB7 #B7BEBC #B9B7BE #BEB7B8

square

#BCBEB7 #B7BEBC #B9B7BE #BEB7B8

split-complementary

#BCBEB7 #B7B8BE #BCB7BE

monochromatic

#808477 #9EA197 #BCBEB7 #DADBD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BCBEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB7

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB7	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.010 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cc',
    500: '#bcbeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb7;
$custom-light: #d0d1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 5.109,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7979,
    "c": 0.00994,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB7

secondary

#8B8991

accent

#578F67

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB7

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

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