#BCBAB2#BCBAB2

#BCBAB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.011 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAB2
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(48, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -0.74, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 4.36, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.001 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.011 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3327, 49.0237, 49.1325)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAB2 #B2B4BC

analogous

#BCB5B2 #BCBAB2 #B9BCB2

triadic

#BCBAB2 #B2BCBA #BAB2BC

tetradic

#BCBAB2 #B2BCB5 #B2B4BC #BCB2B9

square

#BCBAB2 #B2BCB5 #B2B4BC #BCB2B9

split-complementary

#BCBAB2 #B2B9BC #B5B2BC

monochromatic

#827F71 #A09D91 #BCBAB2 #D8D7D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCBAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAB2

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAB2	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)

#BCB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.011 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec9',
    500: '#bcbab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbab2;
$custom-light: #d0cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78824,
    "c": 0.01136,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAB2

secondary

#E4E4E6

accent

#619155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAB2

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

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