#BCB8B8#BCB8B8

#BCB8B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.005 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8B8
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 1.40, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 1.49, 19.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0043 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.005 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5300, 48.4332, 52.2354)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8B8 #B8BCBC

analogous

#BCB8BA #BCB8B8 #BCBAB8

triadic

#BCB8B8 #B8BCB8 #B8B8BC

tetradic

#BCB8B8 #BABCB8 #B8BCBC #BAB8BC

square

#BCB8B8 #BABCB8 #B8BCBC #BAB8BC

split-complementary

#BCB8B8 #B8BCBA #B8BABC

monochromatic

#807979 #9E9999 #BCB8B8 #DAD7D7 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCB8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8B8

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8B8	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.005 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdcd',
    500: '#bcb8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8b8;
$custom-light: #d0cdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78585,
    "c": 0.00452,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8B8

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8D8D59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8B8

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

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