#BCB8BE#BCB8BE

#BCB8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.009 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8BE
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 2.52, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 3.57, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0067 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.009 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1723, 48.6901, 55.6182)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8BE #BABEB8

analogous

#B9B8BE #BCB8BE #BEB8BD

triadic

#BCB8BE #BEBCB8 #B8BEBC

tetradic

#BCB8BE #BEB9B8 #BABEB8 #B8BDBE

square

#BCB8BE #BEB9B8 #BABEB8 #B8BDBE

split-complementary

#BCB8BE #BDBEB8 #B8BEB9

monochromatic

#807883 #9E98A1 #BCB8BE #DAD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8BE

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8BE	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.009 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd1',
    500: '#bcb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8be;
$custom-light: #d0cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78765,
    "c": 0.00945,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E576A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8BE

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

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