#BCB8BB#BCB8BB

#BCB8BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.006 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8BB
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(315, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(315, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 1.96, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 2.21, 332.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0055 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.006 334)
XYZ	xyz(46.8478, 48.5603, 53.9091)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8BB #B8BCB9

analogous

#BBB8BC #BCB8BB #BCB8B9

triadic

#BCB8BB #BBBCB8 #B8BBBC

tetradic

#BCB8BB #BCBBB8 #B8BCB9 #B8B9BC

square

#BCB8BB #BCBBB8 #B8BCB9 #B8B9BC

split-complementary

#BCB8BB #B9BCB8 #B8BCBB

monochromatic

#80797F #9E999D #BCB8BB #DAD7D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8BB

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8BB	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.006 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdcf',
    500: '#bcb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8bb;
$custom-light: #d0cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78674,
    "c": 0.00611,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.4856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D6659

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8BB

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

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