#BCB9BC#BCB9BC

#BCB9BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.005 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9BC
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, 1.60, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 1.97, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0044 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.005 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1636, 49.0202, 54.5444)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9BC #B9BCB9

analogous

#BAB9BC #BCB9BC #BCB9BA

triadic

#BCB9BC #BCBCB9 #B9BCBC

tetradic

#BCB9BC #BCBAB9 #B9BCB9 #B9BABC

square

#BCB9BC #BCBAB9 #B9BCB9 #B9BABC

split-complementary

#BCB9BC #BABCB9 #B9BCBA

monochromatic

#807B80 #9E9A9E #BCB9BC #DAD8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9BC

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9BC	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.005 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced0',
    500: '#bcb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9bc;
$custom-light: #d0ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.00534,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9BC

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

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