#BCB4B8#BCB4B8

#BCB4B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.011 H 345.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4B8
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(330, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(330, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 3.56, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 3.70, 344.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0103 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.011 345.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7108, 46.7949, 51.9623)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4B8 #B4BCB8

analogous

#BCB4BC #BCB4B8 #BCB4B4

triadic

#BCB4B8 #B8BCB4 #B4B8BC

tetradic

#BCB4B8 #BCBCB4 #B4BCB8 #B4B4BC

square

#BCB4B8 #BCBCB4 #B4BCB8 #B4B4BC

split-complementary

#BCB4B8 #B4BCB4 #B4BCBC

monochromatic

#82747B #9F9499 #BCB4B8 #D9D4D7 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4B8

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4B8	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.011 345.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cacd',
    500: '#bcb4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4b8;
$custom-light: #d0cacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77771,
    "c": 0.01061,
    "h": 345.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4B8

secondary

#E4E7E6

accent

#907356

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4B8

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

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