#BCB5BB#BCB5BB

#BCB5BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.011 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5BB
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(309, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(309, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 3.57, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 4.17, 328.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0099 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.011 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2312, 47.3272, 53.7036)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5BB #B5BCB6

analogous

#BAB5BC #BCB5BB #BCB5B8

triadic

#BCB5BB #BBBCB5 #B5BBBC

tetradic

#BCB5BB #BCBAB5 #B5BCB6 #B5B8BC

square

#BCB5BB #BCBAB5 #B5BCB6 #B5B8BC

split-complementary

#BCB5BB #B8BCB5 #B5BCBA

monochromatic

#817580 #9F959D #BCB5BB #D9D5D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5BB

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5BB	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.011 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbcf',
    500: '#bcb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5bb;
$custom-light: #d0cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78064,
    "c": 0.01146,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5BB

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

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