#BCBBB3#BCBBB3

#BCBBB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.011 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBB3
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(53, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -1.10, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 4.31, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0021 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.011 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6449, 49.4869, 49.7337)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBB3 #B3B4BC

analogous

#BCB7B3 #BCBBB3 #B9BCB3

triadic

#BCBBB3 #B3BCBB #BBB3BC

tetradic

#BCBBB3 #B3BCB7 #B3B4BC #BCB3B9

square

#BCBBB3 #B3BCB7 #B3B4BC #BCB3B9

split-complementary

#BCBBB3 #B3B9BC #B7B3BC

monochromatic

#828073 #9F9E92 #BCBBB3 #D9D8D4 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCBBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBB3

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBB3	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.011 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc9',
    500: '#bcbbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbb3;
$custom-light: #d0cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79058,
    "c": 0.01117,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBB3

secondary

#E4E5E7

accent

#5C9055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBB3

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

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