#BCBEBB#BCBEBB

#BCBEBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.005 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEBB
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(100, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(100, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -1.25, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 1.78, 134.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0033 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.005 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1206, 51.1061, 54.3334)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEBB #BDBBBE

analogous

#BEBEBB #BCBEBB #BBBEBC

triadic

#BCBEBB #BBBCBE #BEBBBC

tetradic

#BCBEBB #BBBEBE #BDBBBE #BEBCBB

square

#BCBEBB #BBBEBE #BDBBBE #BEBCBB

split-complementary

#BCBEBB #BCBBBE #BEBBBE

monochromatic

#7E827C #9DA09C #BCBEBB #DBDCDA #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BCBEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEBB

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEBB	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.005 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cf',
    500: '#bcbebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbebb;
$custom-light: #d0d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 2.256,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79905,
    "c": 0.00471,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEBB

secondary

#8F8D90

accent

#598C7B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEBB

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

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