#BCB6BF#BCB6BF

#BCB6BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.014 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6BF
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(280, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 3.78, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 5.36, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.01 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.014 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8694, 47.9090, 56.0583)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6BF #B9BFB6

analogous

#B7B6BF #BCB6BF #BFB6BD

triadic

#BCB6BF #BFBCB6 #B6BFBC

tetradic

#BCB6BF #BFB7B6 #B9BFB6 #B6BDBF

square

#BCB6BF #BFB7B6 #B9BFB6 #B6BDBF

split-complementary

#BCB6BF #BDBFB6 #B6BFB7

monochromatic

#807586 #9E95A2 #BCB6BF #DAD7DC #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCB6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6BF

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6BF	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.014 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd2',
    500: '#bcb6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6bf;
$custom-light: #d0cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 6.569,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78389,
    "c": 0.0142,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905569

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6BF

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

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