#BCBEC1#BCBEC1

#BCBEC1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.005 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC1
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(216, 4%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(216, 3%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -0.13, -1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 1.76, 265.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.001 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.005 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7764, 51.3684, 57.7872)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC1 #C1BFBC

analogous

#BCC1C1 #BCBEC1 #BDBCC1

triadic

#BCBEC1 #C1BCBE #BEC1BC

tetradic

#BCBEC1 #C1BCC1 #C1BFBC #BCC1BD

square

#BCBEC1 #C1BCC1 #C1BFBC #BCC1BD

split-complementary

#BCBEC1 #C1BDBC #C1C1BC

monochromatic

#7C8086 #9C9FA4 #BCBEC1 #DCDDDE #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCBEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC1

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC1	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.005 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d3',
    500: '#bcbec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec1;
$custom-light: #d0d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 3.876,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80082,
    "c": 0.00477,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC1

secondary

#94918E

accent

#78588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC1

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

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