#BCBEBE#BCBEBE

#BCBEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEBE
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -0.69, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 0.74, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0021 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4451, 51.2359, 56.0425)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEBE #BEBCBC

analogous

#BCBEBD #BCBEBE #BCBDBE

triadic

#BCBEBE #BEBCBE #BEBEBC

tetradic

#BCBEBE #BDBCBE #BEBCBC #BDBEBC

square

#BCBEBE #BDBCBE #BEBCBC #BDBEBC

split-complementary

#BCBEBE #BEBCBD #BEBDBC

monochromatic

#7E8282 #9DA0A0 #BCBEBE #DBDCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BCBEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEBE

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEBE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d1',
    500: '#bcbebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbebe;
$custom-light: #d0d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79992,
    "c": 0.00224,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEBE

secondary

#908E8E

accent

#5A5A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEBE

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

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