#BCBEB9#BCBEB9

#BCBEB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.007 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB9
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 185)
HSL	hsl(84, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(84, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -1.62, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 2.79, 125.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0041 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.007 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9080, 51.0211, 53.2137)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB9 #BBB9BE

analogous

#BEBDB9 #BCBEB9 #B9BEB9

triadic

#BCBEB9 #B9BCBE #BEB9BC

tetradic

#BCBEB9 #B9BEBD #BBB9BE #BEB9B9

square

#BCBEB9 #B9BEBD #BBB9BE #BEB9B9

split-complementary

#BCBEB9 #B9B9BE #BDB9BE

monochromatic

#7F837A #9EA199 #BCBEB9 #DADBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BCBEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB9

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB9	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.007 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ce',
    500: '#bcbeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb9;
$custom-light: #d0d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79847,
    "c": 0.00727,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB9

secondary

#8D8B91

accent

#588E6D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB9

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

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