#BCB8BA#BCB8BA

#BCB8BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.005 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8BA
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(330, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(330, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, 1.77, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 1.84, 343.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0051 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.005 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7411, 48.5177, 53.3473)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8BA #B8BCBA

analogous

#BCB8BC #BCB8BA #BCB8B8

triadic

#BCB8BA #BABCB8 #B8BABC

tetradic

#BCB8BA #BCBCB8 #B8BCBA #B8B8BC

square

#BCB8BA #BCBCB8 #B8BCBA #B8B8BC

split-complementary

#BCB8BA #B8BCB8 #B8BCBC

monochromatic

#80797D #9E999B #BCB8BA #DAD7D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8BA

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8BA	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.005 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdce',
    500: '#bcb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ba;
$custom-light: #d0cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78644,
    "c": 0.00527,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8BA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8D7359

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8BA

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

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