#BCB8B2#BCB8B2

#BCB8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.010 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8B2
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(36, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(36, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 0.33, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 3.56, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0019 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.01 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9143, 48.1870, 48.9930)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8B2 #B2B6BC

analogous

#BCB3B2 #BCB8B2 #BBBCB2

triadic

#BCB8B2 #B2BCB8 #B8B2BC

tetradic

#BCB8B2 #B2BCB3 #B2B6BC #BCB2BB

square

#BCB8B2 #B2BCB3 #B2B6BC #BCB2BB

split-complementary

#BCB8B2 #B2BBBC #B3B2BC

monochromatic

#827B71 #A09A91 #BCB8B2 #D8D6D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8B2

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8B2	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)

#BAB8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.010 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc9',
    500: '#bcb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8b2;
$custom-light: #d0cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78413,
    "c": 0.00954,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8B2

secondary

#E4E5E6

accent

#6D9155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8B2

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

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