#BCBAB8#BCBAB8

#BCBAB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.004 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAB8
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(30, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(30, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 0.33, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 1.30, 75.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79% 0.0014 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.004 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9483, 49.2700, 52.3748)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAB8 #B8BABC

analogous

#BCB8B8 #BCBAB8 #BCBCB8

triadic

#BCBAB8 #B8BCBA #BAB8BC

tetradic

#BCBAB8 #B8BCB8 #B8BABC #BCB8BC

square

#BCBAB8 #B8BCB8 #B8BABC #BCB8BC

split-complementary

#BCBAB8 #B8BCBC #B8B8BC

monochromatic

#807D79 #9E9B99 #BCBAB8 #DAD9D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BCBAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAB8

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAB8	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.004 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cecd',
    500: '#bcbab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbab8;
$custom-light: #d0cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78995,
    "c": 0.00361,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAB8

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#738D59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAB8

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

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