#BCB6B8#BCB6B8

#BCB6B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.007 H 354.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6B8
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 184)
HSL	hsl(340, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(340, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 2.48, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 2.49, 353.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0073 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.007 354.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1174, 47.6082, 52.0979)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6B8 #B6BCBA

analogous

#BCB6BB #BCB6B8 #BCB7B6

triadic

#BCB6B8 #B8BCB6 #B6B8BC

tetradic

#BCB6B8 #BBBCB6 #B6BCBA #B7B6BC

square

#BCB6B8 #BBBCB6 #B6BCBA #B7B6BC

split-complementary

#BCB6B8 #B6BCB7 #B6BBBC

monochromatic

#81767A #9F9699 #BCB6B8 #D9D6D7 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCB6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6B8

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6B8	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.007 354.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbcd',
    500: '#bcb6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6b8;
$custom-light: #d0cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78177,
    "c": 0.00732,
    "h": 354.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6B8

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8E7C57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6B8

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

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