#BCB8BF#BCB8BF

#BCB8BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.011 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8BF
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(274, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 2.70, -3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 4.07, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.007 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.011 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2819, 48.7340, 56.1958)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8BF #BBBFB8

analogous

#B8B8BF #BCB8BF #BFB8BE

triadic

#BCB8BF #BFBCB8 #B8BFBC

tetradic

#BCB8BF #BFB8B8 #BBBFB8 #B8BEBF

square

#BCB8BF #BFB8B8 #BBBFB8 #B8BEBF

split-complementary

#BCB8BF #BEBFB8 #B8BFB8

monochromatic

#7F7885 #9E98A2 #BCB8BF #DAD8DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8BF

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8BF	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.011 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd2',
    500: '#bcb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8bf;
$custom-light: #d0cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78795,
    "c": 0.0107,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8BF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F566F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8BF

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

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