#BCBEBC#BCBEBC

#BCBEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.004 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEBC
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -1.07, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 1.31, 144.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0029 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.004 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2281, 51.1491, 54.8992)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEBC #BEBCBE

analogous

#BDBEBC #BCBEBC #BCBEBD

triadic

#BCBEBC #BCBCBE #BEBCBC

tetradic

#BCBEBC #BCBDBE #BEBCBE #BEBDBC

square

#BCBEBC #BCBDBE #BEBCBE #BEBDBC

split-complementary

#BCBEBC #BDBCBE #BEBCBD

monochromatic

#7E827E #9DA09D #BCBEBC #DBDCDB #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BCBEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEBC

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEBC	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.004 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d0',
    500: '#bcbebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbebc;
$custom-light: #d0d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79934,
    "c": 0.00355,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEBC

secondary

#908E90

accent

#5A8B8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEBC

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

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