#BCBEC4#BCBEC4

#BCBEC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.009 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC4
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(225, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 0.44, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 3.29, 277.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0002 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.009 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1145, 51.5036, 59.5676)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC4 #C4C2BC

analogous

#BCC2C4 #BCBEC4 #BEBCC4

triadic

#BCBEC4 #C4BCBE #BEC4BC

tetradic

#BCBEC4 #C4BCC2 #C4C2BC #BCC4BE

square

#BCBEC4 #C4BCC2 #C4C2BC #BCC4BE

split-complementary

#BCBEC4 #C4BEBC #C2C4BC

monochromatic

#7B7F8B #9B9EA7 #BCBEC4 #DDDEE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BCBEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC4

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC4	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.009 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d5',
    500: '#bcbec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec4;
$custom-light: #d0d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80173,
    "c": 0.00869,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC4

secondary

#97958D

accent

#825590

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC4

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

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