#BCB5BC#BCB5BC

#BCB5BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.013 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5BC
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 3.76, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 4.61, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% 0.0103 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.013 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3386, 47.3702, 54.2694)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5BC #B5BCB5

analogous

#B9B5BC #BCB5BC #BCB5B9

triadic

#BCB5BC #BCBCB5 #B5BCBC

tetradic

#BCB5BC #BCB9B5 #B5BCB5 #B5B9BC

square

#BCB5BC #BCB9B5 #B5BCB5 #B5B9BC

split-complementary

#BCB5BC #B9BCB5 #B5BCB9

monochromatic

#817581 #9F959F #BCB5BC #D9D5D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5BC

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5BC	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.013 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bcb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5bc;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78094,
    "c": 0.0125,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5BC

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

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