#BCB6BC#BCB6BC

#BCB6BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6BC
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 3.22, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 3.95, 324.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% 0.0088 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5427, 47.7783, 54.3374)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6BC #B6BCB6

analogous

#B9B6BC #BCB6BC #BCB6B9

triadic

#BCB6BC #BCBCB6 #B6BCBC

tetradic

#BCB6BC #BCB9B6 #B6BCB6 #B6B9BC

square

#BCB6BC #BCB9B6 #B6BCB6 #B6B9BC

split-complementary

#BCB6BC #B9BCB6 #B6BCB9

monochromatic

#817681 #9F969F #BCB6BC #D9D6D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6BC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6BC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bcb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6bc;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78297,
    "c": 0.01071,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6BC

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

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