#BCB7BF#BCB7BF

#BCB7BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.012 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7BF
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(278, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 3.24, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 4.71, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0085 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.012 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0749, 48.3200, 56.1268)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7BF #BABFB7

analogous

#B8B7BF #BCB7BF #BFB7BE

triadic

#BCB7BF #BFBCB7 #B7BFBC

tetradic

#BCB7BF #BFB8B7 #BABFB7 #B7BEBF

square

#BCB7BF #BFB8B7 #BABFB7 #B7BEBF

split-complementary

#BCB7BF #BEBFB7 #B7BFB8

monochromatic

#807685 #9E97A2 #BCB7BF #DAD7DC #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCB7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7BF

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7BF	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.012 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd2',
    500: '#bcb7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7bf;
$custom-light: #d0ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78592,
    "c": 0.01244,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#90566B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7BF

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

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