#BCB8B4#BCB8B4

#BCB8B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.007 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8B4
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(30, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(30, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 0.68, 2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 2.62, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0027 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.007 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1166, 48.2679, 50.0583)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8B4 #B4B8BC

analogous

#BCB4B4 #BCB8B4 #BCBCB4

triadic

#BCB8B4 #B4BCB8 #B8B4BC

tetradic

#BCB8B4 #B4BCB4 #B4B8BC #BCB4BC

square

#BCB8B4 #B4BCB4 #B4B8BC #BCB4BC

split-complementary

#BCB8B4 #B4BCBC #B4B4BC

monochromatic

#827B74 #9F9994 #BCB8B4 #D9D7D4 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8B4

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8B4	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.007 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdca',
    500: '#bcb8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8b4;
$custom-light: #d0cdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.00722,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8B4

secondary

#E4E6E7

accent

#739056

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8B4

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

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