#BCBFBE#BCBFBE

#BCBFBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.004 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFBE
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(160, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(160, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -1.23, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 1.23, 173.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0036 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.004 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6625, 51.6706, 56.1150)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFBE #BFBCBD

analogous

#BCBFBD #BCBFBE #BCBFBF

triadic

#BCBFBE #BEBCBF #BFBEBC

tetradic

#BCBFBE #BDBCBF #BFBCBD #BFBFBC

square

#BCBFBE #BDBCBF #BFBCBD #BFBFBC

split-complementary

#BCBFBE #BFBCBF #BFBDBC

monochromatic

#7D8381 #9DA1A0 #BCBFBE #DBDDDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCBFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BCBFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFBE

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFBE	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.004 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d1',
    500: '#bcbfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfbe;
$custom-light: #d0d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 2.29,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80198,
    "c": 0.00361,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFBE

secondary

#918E8F

accent

#596A8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFBE

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

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