#BCBEC5#BCBEC5

#BCBEC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.010 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEC5
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(227, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(227, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 0.63, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 3.81, 279.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0006 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.01 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2287, 51.5493, 60.1690)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEC5 #C5C3BC

analogous

#BCC2C5 #BCBEC5 #BEBCC5

triadic

#BCBEC5 #C5BCBE #BEC5BC

tetradic

#BCBEC5 #C5BCC2 #C5C3BC #BCC5BE

square

#BCBEC5 #C5BCC2 #C5C3BC #BCC5BE

split-complementary

#BCBEC5 #C5BEBC #C2C5BC

monochromatic

#7A7E8C #9B9EA9 #BCBEC5 #DDDEE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BCBEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEC5

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEC5	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.010 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d6',
    500: '#bcbec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbec5;
$custom-light: #d0d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80203,
    "c": 0.01005,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEC5

secondary

#98968D

accent

#845491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEC5

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

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