#BCB6B2#BCB6B2

#BCB6B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.009 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6B2
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(24, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(24, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 1.40, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 3.11, 63.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.0049 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.009 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5018, 47.3619, 48.8555)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6B2 #B2B8BC

analogous

#BCB2B3 #BCB6B2 #BCBBB2

triadic

#BCB6B2 #B2BCB6 #B6B2BC

tetradic

#BCB6B2 #B3BCB2 #B2B8BC #BBB2BC

square

#BCB6B2 #B3BCB2 #B2B8BC #BBB2BC

split-complementary

#BCB6B2 #B2BCBB #B2B3BC

monochromatic

#827871 #A09791 #BCB6B2 #D8D5D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCB6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6B2

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6B2	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)

#B8B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.009 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc9',
    500: '#bcb6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6b2;
$custom-light: #d0cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78003,
    "c": 0.00886,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6B2

secondary

#E4E5E6

accent

#799155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6B2

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

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