#BCB7BA#BCB7BA

#BCB7BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.007 H 340.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7BA
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 186)
HSL	hsl(324, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(324, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 2.31, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 2.48, 338.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0066 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.007 340.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5341, 48.1037, 53.2783)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7BA #B7BCB9

analogous

#BBB7BC #BCB7BA #BCB7B7

triadic

#BCB7BA #BABCB7 #B7BABC

tetradic

#BCB7BA #BCBBB7 #B7BCB9 #B7B7BC

square

#BCB7BA #BCBBB7 #B7BCB9 #B7B7BC

split-complementary

#BCB7BA #B7BCB7 #B7BCBB

monochromatic

#81787D #9F979C #BCB7BA #D9D7D8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCB7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7BA

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7BA	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.007 340.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccce',
    500: '#bcb7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7ba;
$custom-light: #d0ccce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 3.597,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.00698,
    "h": 340.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7BA

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D6D58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7BA

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

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