#BCB4B4#BCB4B4

#BCB4B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.009 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4B4
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 180)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 2.83, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 3.00, 19.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% 0.0087 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.009 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2974, 46.6295, 49.7853)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4B4 #B4BCBC

analogous

#BCB4B8 #BCB4B4 #BCB8B4

triadic

#BCB4B4 #B4BCB4 #B4B4BC

tetradic

#BCB4B4 #B8BCB4 #B4BCBC #B8B4BC

square

#BCB4B4 #B8BCB4 #B4BCBC #B8B4BC

split-complementary

#BCB4B4 #B4BCB8 #B4B8BC

monochromatic

#827474 #9F9494 #BCB4B4 #D9D4D4 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCB4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4B4

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4B4	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.009 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caca',
    500: '#bcb4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4b4;
$custom-light: #d0caca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77652,
    "c": 0.00912,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4B4

secondary

#E4E7E7

accent

#909056

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4B4

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

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