#BCBFC5#BCBFC5

#BCBFC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.009 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFC5
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 197)
HSL	hsl(220, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 0.10, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 3.38, 271.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0009 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.009 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4460, 51.9840, 60.2414)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFC5 #C5C2BC

analogous

#BCC3C5 #BCBFC5 #BDBCC5

triadic

#BCBFC5 #C5BCBF #BFC5BC

tetradic

#BCBFC5 #C5BCC3 #C5C2BC #BCC5BD

square

#BCBFC5 #C5BCC3 #C5C2BC #BCC5BD

split-complementary

#BCBFC5 #C5BDBC #C3C5BC

monochromatic

#7A808C #9BA0A9 #BCBFC5 #DDDEE1 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCBFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BCBFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFC5

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFC5	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.009 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d6',
    500: '#bcbfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfc5;
$custom-light: #d0d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80408,
    "c": 0.00905,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFC5

secondary

#98948D

accent

#7D5491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFC5

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

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