#BCB6BE#BCB6BE

#BCB6BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6BE
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, 3.59, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 4.88, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% 0.0096 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7597, 47.8651, 55.4807)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6BE #B8BEB6

analogous

#B8B6BE #BCB6BE #BEB6BC

triadic

#BCB6BE #BEBCB6 #B6BEBC

tetradic

#BCB6BE #BEB8B6 #B8BEB6 #B6BCBE

square

#BCB6BE #BEB8B6 #B8BEB6 #B6BCBE

split-complementary

#BCB6BE #BCBEB6 #B6BEB8

monochromatic

#807684 #9E96A1 #BCB6BE #DAD6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCB6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6BE

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6BE	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd1',
    500: '#bcb6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6be;
$custom-light: #d0cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 5.797,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78358,
    "c": 0.01298,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905664

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6BE

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

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