#BCB6BD#BCB6BD

#BCB6BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.012 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6BD
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(291, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 3.41, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 4.40, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0092 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.012 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6508, 47.8215, 54.9071)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6BD #B7BDB6

analogous

#B8B6BD #BCB6BD #BDB6BA

triadic

#BCB6BD #BDBCB6 #B6BDBC

tetradic

#BCB6BD #BDB8B6 #B7BDB6 #B6BABD

square

#BCB6BD #BDB8B6 #B7BDB6 #B6BABD

split-complementary

#BCB6BD #BABDB6 #B6BDB8

monochromatic

#817683 #9F96A0 #BCB6BD #D9D6DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCB6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6BD

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6BD	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)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.012 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd0',
    500: '#bcb6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6bd;
$custom-light: #d0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78328,
    "c": 0.01182,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F575F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6BD

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

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