#BCB2B5#BCB2B5

#BCB2B5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.012 H 357.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2B5
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 181)
HSL	hsl(342, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(342, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 4.09, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 4.10, 356.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0121 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.012 357.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9988, 45.8687, 50.1901)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2B5 #B2BCB9

analogous

#BCB2BA #BCB2B5 #BCB4B2

triadic

#BCB2B5 #B5BCB2 #B2B5BC

tetradic

#BCB2B5 #BABCB2 #B2BCB9 #B4B2BC

square

#BCB2B5 #BABCB2 #B2BCB9 #B4B2BC

split-complementary

#BCB2B5 #B2BCB4 #B2BABC

monochromatic

#827176 #A09196 #BCB2B5 #D8D3D4 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2B5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2B5	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#B3B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.012 357.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9cb',
    500: '#bcb2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2b5;
$custom-light: #d0c9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77275,
    "c": 0.01211,
    "h": 357.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2B5

secondary

#E4E6E5

accent

#917F55

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2B5

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

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