#BCC4BD#BCC4BD

#BCC4BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.013 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC4BD
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(128, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(128, 4%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -4.06, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 4.79, 147.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0112 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.013 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6626, 53.8451, 55.9110)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC4BD #C4BCC3

analogous

#BFC4BC #BCC4BD #BCC4C1

triadic

#BCC4BD #BDBCC4 #C4BDBC

tetradic

#BCC4BD #BCBFC4 #C4BCC3 #C4C1BC

square

#BCC4BD #BCBFC4 #C4BCC3 #C4C1BC

split-complementary

#BCC4BD #C1BCC4 #C4BCBF

monochromatic

#7B8B7D #9BA79D #BCC4BD #DDE1DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BCC4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BCC4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC4BD

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC4BD	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.013 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5d0',
    500: '#bcc4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc4bd;
$custom-light: #d0d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.5,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.01307,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC4BD

secondary

#978D96

accent

#558990

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC4BD

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

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