#BCBAB6#BCBAB6

#BCBAB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAB6
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(40, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -0.03, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 2.27, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0006 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7402, 49.1867, 51.2785)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAB6 #B6B8BC

analogous

#BCB7B6 #BCBAB6 #BBBCB6

triadic

#BCBAB6 #B6BCBA #BAB6BC

tetradic

#BCBAB6 #B6BCB7 #B6B8BC #BCB6BB

square

#BCBAB6 #B6BCB7 #B6B8BC #BCB6BB

split-complementary

#BCBAB6 #B6BBBC #B7B6BC

monochromatic

#817E76 #9F9C96 #BCBAB6 #D9D8D6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCBAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAB6

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAB6	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cecb',
    500: '#bcbab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbab6;
$custom-light: #d0cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.00603,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAB6

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#6A8E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAB6

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

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