#BCBAB4#BCBAB4

#BCBAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAB4
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(45, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -0.39, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 3.31, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0002 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5350, 49.1046, 50.1978)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAB4 #B4B6BC

analogous

#BCB6B4 #BCBAB4 #BABCB4

triadic

#BCBAB4 #B4BCBA #BAB4BC

tetradic

#BCBAB4 #B4BCB6 #B4B6BC #BCB4BA

square

#BCBAB4 #B4BCB6 #B4B6BC #BCB4BA

split-complementary

#BCBAB4 #B4BABC #B6B4BC

monochromatic

#827E74 #9F9C94 #BCBAB4 #D9D8D4 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCBAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAB4

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAB4	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceca',
    500: '#bcbab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbab4;
$custom-light: #d0ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7888,
    "c": 0.00866,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAB4

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#649056

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAB4

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

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