#BCB7BC#BCB7BC

#BCB7BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.009 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7BC
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 2.68, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 3.29, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% 0.0074 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.009 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7482, 48.1893, 54.4059)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7BC #B7BCB7

analogous

#B9B7BC #BCB7BC #BCB7B9

triadic

#BCB7BC #BCBCB7 #B7BCBC

tetradic

#BCB7BC #BCB9B7 #B7BCB7 #B7B9BC

square

#BCB7BC #BCB9B7 #B7BCB7 #B7B9BC

split-complementary

#BCB7BC #B9BCB7 #B7BCB9

monochromatic

#817881 #9F979F #BCB7BC #D9D7D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCB7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7BC

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7BC	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.009 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd0',
    500: '#bcb7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7bc;
$custom-light: #d0ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.597,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78501,
    "c": 0.00891,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D5858

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7BC

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

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