#BCBEC3#BCBEC3

#BCBEC3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.007 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC3
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(223, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(223, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 0.25, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 2.77, 275.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0002 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.007 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0010, 51.4582, 58.9701)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC3 #C3C1BC

analogous

#BCC1C3 #BCBEC3 #BDBCC3

triadic

#BCBEC3 #C3BCBE #BEC3BC

tetradic

#BCBEC3 #C3BCC1 #C3C1BC #BCC3BD

square

#BCBEC3 #C3BCC1 #C3C1BC #BCC3BD

split-complementary

#BCBEC3 #C3BDBC #C1C3BC

monochromatic

#7B7F89 #9C9FA6 #BCBEC3 #DCDDE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCBEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC3

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC3	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.007 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d5',
    500: '#bcbec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec3;
$custom-light: #d0d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 5.512,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80142,
    "c": 0.00735,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC3

secondary

#96938D

accent

#7F568F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC3

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

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