#BCC5BD#BCC5BD

#BCC5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.015 H 148.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC5BD
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(127, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(127, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -4.58, 2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 5.44, 147.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0127 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.015 148.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8889, 54.2977, 55.9864)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC5BD #C5BCC4

analogous

#BFC5BC #BCC5BD #BCC5C1

triadic

#BCC5BD #BDBCC5 #C5BDBC

tetradic

#BCC5BD #BCBFC5 #C5BCC4 #C5C1BC

square

#BCC5BD #BCBFC5 #C5BCC4 #C5C1BC

split-complementary

#BCC5BD #C1BCC5 #C5BCBF

monochromatic

#7A8C7C #9BA99D #BCC5BD #DDE1DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BCC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#BCC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC5BD

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC5BD	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.015 148.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6d0',
    500: '#bcc5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc5bd;
$custom-light: #d0d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.667,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81412,
    "c": 0.01482,
    "h": 148.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC5BD

secondary

#988D97

accent

#548A91

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC5BD

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

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