#BCB4B2#BCB4B2

#BCB4B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4B2
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(12, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(12, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 2.47, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 3.20, 39.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% 0.0079 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0951, 46.5486, 48.7200)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4B2 #B2BABC

analogous

#BCB2B5 #BCB4B2 #BCB9B2

triadic

#BCB4B2 #B2BCB4 #B4B2BC

tetradic

#BCB4B2 #B5BCB2 #B2BABC #B9B2BC

square

#BCB4B2 #B5BCB2 #B2BABC #B9B2BC

split-complementary

#BCB4B2 #B2BCB9 #B2B5BC

monochromatic

#827571 #A09491 #BCB4B2 #D8D4D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCB4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4B2

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4B2	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cac9',
    500: '#bcb4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4b2;
$custom-light: #d0cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77594,
    "c": 0.00958,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4B2

secondary

#E4E6E6

accent

#859155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4B2

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

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