#BCB9BA#BCB9BA

#BCB9BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.004 H 354.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9BA
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(340, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(340, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 1.23, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 1.24, 353.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% 0.0036 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.004 354.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9495, 48.9346, 53.4168)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9BA #B9BCBB

analogous

#BCB9BB #BCB9BA #BCB9B9

triadic

#BCB9BA #BABCB9 #B9BABC

tetradic

#BCB9BA #BBBCB9 #B9BCBB #B9B9BC

square

#BCB9BA #BBBCB9 #B9BCBB #B9B9BC

split-complementary

#BCB9BA #B9BCB9 #B9BBBC

monochromatic

#807B7C #9E9A9B #BCB9BA #DAD8D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9BA

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9BA	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.004 354.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cece',
    500: '#bcb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ba;
$custom-light: #d0cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78849,
    "c": 0.00365,
    "h": 354.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9BA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8C7B5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9BA

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

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