#BCBAB9#BCBAB9

#BCBAB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.003 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAB9
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(20, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(20, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 0.52, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 0.91, 55.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0018 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.003 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0535, 49.3121, 52.9288)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAB9 #B9BBBC

analogous

#BCB9B9 #BCBAB9 #BCBBB9

triadic

#BCBAB9 #B9BCBA #BAB9BC

tetradic

#BCBAB9 #B9BCB9 #B9BBBC #BBB9BC

square

#BCBAB9 #B9BCB9 #B9BBBC #BBB9BC

split-complementary

#BCBAB9 #B9BCBB #B9B9BC

monochromatic

#807C7B #9E9B9A #BCBAB9 #DAD9D8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAB9

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAB9	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.003 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cece',
    500: '#bcbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbab9;
$custom-light: #d0cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79024,
    "c": 0.00266,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAB9

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#7B8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAB9

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

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