#BCBFB9#BCBFB9

#BCBFB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.009 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFB9
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(90, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -2.15, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 3.42, 128.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0056 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.009 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1254, 51.4557, 53.2861)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFB9 #BCB9BF

analogous

#BFBFB9 #BCBFB9 #B9BFB9

triadic

#BCBFB9 #B9BCBF #BFB9BC

tetradic

#BCBFB9 #B9BFBF #BCB9BF #BFB9B9

square

#BCBFB9 #B9BFBF #BCB9BF #BFB9B9

split-complementary

#BCBFB9 #B9B9BF #BFB9BF

monochromatic

#7F8479 #9DA299 #BCBFB9 #DBDCD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCBFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFB9

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFB9	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)

#C0BEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.009 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ce',
    500: '#bcbfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfb9;
$custom-light: #d0d2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80054,
    "c": 0.00894,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFB9

secondary

#8E8B92

accent

#578E73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFB9

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

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