#BCB8BC#BCB8BC

#BCB8BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.007 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8BC
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 2.14, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 2.63, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.0059 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.007 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9552, 48.6033, 54.4749)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8BC #B8BCB8

analogous

#BAB8BC #BCB8BC #BCB8BA

triadic

#BCB8BC #BCBCB8 #B8BCBC

tetradic

#BCB8BC #BCBAB8 #B8BCB8 #B8BABC

square

#BCB8BC #BCBAB8 #B8BCB8 #B8BABC

split-complementary

#BCB8BC #BABCB8 #B8BCBA

monochromatic

#807980 #9E999E #BCB8BC #DAD7DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8BC

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8BC	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.007 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd0',
    500: '#bcb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8bc;
$custom-light: #d0cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78704,
    "c": 0.00712,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D5959

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8BC

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

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