#BCB5B2#BCB5B2

#BCB5B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.009 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5B2
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(18, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(18, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, 1.93, 2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 3.09, 51.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0064 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.009 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2977, 46.9538, 48.7875)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5B2 #B2B9BC

analogous

#BCB2B4 #BCB5B2 #BCBAB2

triadic

#BCB5B2 #B2BCB5 #B5B2BC

tetradic

#BCB5B2 #B4BCB2 #B2B9BC #BAB2BC

square

#BCB5B2 #B4BCB2 #B2B9BC #BAB2BC

split-complementary

#BCB5B2 #B2BCBA #B2B4BC

monochromatic

#827671 #A09691 #BCB5B2 #D8D4D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5B2

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5B2	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.009 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc9',
    500: '#bcb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5b2;
$custom-light: #d0cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77798,
    "c": 0.00904,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5B2

secondary

#E4E5E6

accent

#7F9155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5B2

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

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