#BCB9BB#BCB9BB

#BCB9BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.004 H 337.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9BB
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(320, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(320, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 1.42, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 1.56, 335.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.004 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.004 337.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0562, 48.9773, 53.9786)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9BB #B9BCBA

analogous

#BBB9BC #BCB9BB #BCB9B9

triadic

#BCB9BB #BBBCB9 #B9BBBC

tetradic

#BCB9BB #BCBBB9 #B9BCBA #B9B9BC

square

#BCB9BB #BCBBB9 #B9BCBA #B9B9BC

split-complementary

#BCB9BB #B9BCB9 #B9BCBB

monochromatic

#807B7E #9E9A9D #BCB9BB #DAD8D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9BB

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9BB	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.004 337.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cecf',
    500: '#bcb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9bb;
$custom-light: #d0cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78878,
    "c": 0.00435,
    "h": 337.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C6A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9BB

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

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