#BCB2B3#BCB2B3

#BCB2B3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.011 H 10.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2B3
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 179)
HSL	hsl(354, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(354, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 3.73, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 3.81, 11.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0113 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.012 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7951, 45.7872, 49.1171)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2B3 #B2BCBB

analogous

#BCB2B8 #BCB2B3 #BCB6B2

triadic

#BCB2B3 #B3BCB2 #B2B3BC

tetradic

#BCB2B3 #B8BCB2 #B2BCBB #B6B2BC

square

#BCB2B3 #B8BCB2 #B2BCBB #B6B2BC

split-complementary

#BCB2B3 #B2BCB6 #B2B8BC

monochromatic

#827173 #A09193 #BCB2B3 #D8D3D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2B3

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2B3	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.011 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9c9',
    500: '#bcb2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2b3;
$custom-light: #d0c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77216,
    "c": 0.0115,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2B3

secondary

#E4E6E6

accent

#918B55

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2B3

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

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