#BCB7B2#BCB7B2

#BCB7B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.009 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7B2
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 178)
HSL	hsl(30, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(30, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 0.86, 3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 3.28, 74.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% 0.0034 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.009 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7073, 47.7730, 48.9240)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7B2 #B2B7BC

analogous

#BCB2B2 #BCB7B2 #BCBCB2

triadic

#BCB7B2 #B2BCB7 #B7B2BC

tetradic

#BCB7B2 #B2BCB2 #B2B7BC #BCB2BC

square

#BCB7B2 #B2BCB2 #B2B7BC #BCB2BC

split-complementary

#BCB7B2 #B2BCBC #B2B2BC

monochromatic

#827A71 #A09891 #BCB7B2 #D8D6D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCB7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7B2

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7B2	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.009 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccc9',
    500: '#bcb7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7b2;
$custom-light: #d0ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78208,
    "c": 0.00903,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7B2

secondary

#E4E5E6

accent

#739155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7B2

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

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