#BCB6B6#BCB6B6

#BCB6B6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6B6
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 182)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, 2.11, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 2.24, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% 0.0065 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9093, 47.5249, 51.0016)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6B6 #B6BCBC

analogous

#BCB6B9 #BCB6B6 #BCB9B6

triadic

#BCB6B6 #B6BCB6 #B6B6BC

tetradic

#BCB6B6 #B9BCB6 #B6BCBC #B9B6BC

square

#BCB6B6 #B9BCB6 #B6BCBC #B9B6BC

split-complementary

#BCB6B6 #B6BCB9 #B6B9BC

monochromatic

#817676 #9F9696 #BCB6B6 #D9D6D6 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB6B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCB6B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6B6

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6B6	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbcb',
    500: '#bcb6b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6b6;
$custom-light: #d0cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78118,
    "c": 0.00681,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6B6

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8E8E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6B6

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

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