#BCB2B4#BCB2B4

#BCB2B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.012 H 3.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2B4
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(348, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(348, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 3.91, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 3.92, 3.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% 0.0117 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.012 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8966, 45.8278, 49.6516)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2B4 #B2BCBA

analogous

#BCB2B9 #BCB2B4 #BCB5B2

triadic

#BCB2B4 #B4BCB2 #B2B4BC

tetradic

#BCB2B4 #B9BCB2 #B2BCBA #B5B2BC

square

#BCB2B4 #B9BCB2 #B2BCBA #B5B2BC

split-complementary

#BCB2B4 #B2BCB5 #B2B9BC

monochromatic

#827175 #A09194 #BCB2B4 #D8D3D4 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2B4

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2B4	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.012 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ca',
    500: '#bcb2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2b4;
$custom-light: #d0c9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.01172,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2B4

secondary

#E4E6E6

accent

#918555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2B4

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

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