#BCBEBD#BCBEBD

#BCBEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.003 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEBD
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(150, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(150, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -0.88, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 0.92, 163.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0025 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.003 165)
XYZ	xyz(48.3362, 51.1923, 55.4689)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEBD #BEBCBD

analogous

#BCBEBC #BCBEBD #BCBEBE

triadic

#BCBEBD #BDBCBE #BEBDBC

tetradic

#BCBEBD #BCBCBE #BEBCBD #BEBEBC

square

#BCBEBD #BCBCBE #BEBCBD #BEBEBC

split-complementary

#BCBEBD #BEBCBE #BEBCBC

monochromatic

#7E8280 #9DA09E #BCBEBD #DBDCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCBEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEBD

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEBD	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.003 165.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 1.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.00262,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.51192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEBD

secondary

#908E8F

accent

#5A738B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEBD

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

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