#BCC5BE#BCC5BE

#BCC5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.014 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC5BE
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(133, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(133, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -4.40, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 5.03, 151.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0123 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.014 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9978, 54.3413, 56.5601)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC5BE #C5BCC3

analogous

#BEC5BC #BCC5BE #BCC5C2

triadic

#BCC5BE #BEBCC5 #C5BEBC

tetradic

#BCC5BE #BCBEC5 #C5BCC3 #C5C2BC

square

#BCC5BE #BCBEC5 #C5BCC3 #C5C2BC

split-complementary

#BCC5BE #C2BCC5 #C5BCBE

monochromatic

#7A8C7E #9BA99E #BCC5BE #DDE1DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BCC5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#BCC5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC5BE

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC5BE	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.014 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6d1',
    500: '#bcc5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc5be;
$custom-light: #d0d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.333,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8144,
    "c": 0.01382,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC5BE

secondary

#988D96

accent

#548491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC5BE

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

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