#BCB8C2#BCB8C2

#BCB8C2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.015 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8C2
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 194)
HSL	hsl(264, 8%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, 3.28, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 5.61, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0082 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.015 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6155, 48.8674, 57.9523)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8C2 #BEC2B8

analogous

#B8B9C2 #BCB8C2 #C1B8C2

triadic

#BCB8C2 #C2BCB8 #B8C2BC

tetradic

#BCB8C2 #C2B8B9 #BEC2B8 #B8C2C1

square

#BCB8C2 #C2B8B9 #BEC2B8 #B8C2C1

split-complementary

#BCB8C2 #C2C1B8 #B9C2B8

monochromatic

#7E7689 #9D97A6 #BCB8C2 #DBD9DE #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCB8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8C2

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8C2	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B9C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.015 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdd4',
    500: '#bcb8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8c2;
$custom-light: #d0cdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 7.576,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78888,
    "c": 0.01462,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8C2

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#925479

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8C2

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

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