#BCC5BF#BCC5BF

#BCC5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.013 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC5BF
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(140, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -4.21, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 4.63, 155.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0119 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.013 157)
XYZ	xyz(50.1075, 54.3852, 57.1377)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC5BF #C5BCC2

analogous

#BDC5BC #BCC5BF #BCC5C3

triadic

#BCC5BF #BFBCC5 #C5BFBC

tetradic

#BCC5BF #BCBDC5 #C5BCC2 #C5C3BC

square

#BCC5BF #BCBDC5 #C5BCC2 #C5C3BC

split-complementary

#BCC5BF #C3BCC5 #C5BCBD

monochromatic

#7A8C80 #9BA9A0 #BCC5BF #DDE1DE #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BCC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BCC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC5BF

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC5BF	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.013 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6d2',
    500: '#bcc5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc5bf;
$custom-light: #d0d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81469,
    "c": 0.0129,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.54385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC5BF

secondary

#988D94

accent

#547D91

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC5BF

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

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