#BCBBB5#BCBBB5

#BCBBB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.008 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBB5
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(51, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -0.74, 3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 3.24, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0013 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.008 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8486, 49.5683, 50.8067)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBB5 #B5B6BC

analogous

#BCB8B5 #BCBBB5 #BABCB5

triadic

#BCBBB5 #B5BCBB #BBB5BC

tetradic

#BCBBB5 #B5BCB8 #B5B6BC #BCB5BA

square

#BCBBB5 #B5BCB8 #B5B6BC #BCB5BA

split-complementary

#BCBBB5 #B5BABC #B8B5BC

monochromatic

#818075 #9F9D95 #BCBBB5 #D9D9D5 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BCBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBB5

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBB5	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.008 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfcb',
    500: '#bcbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbb5;
$custom-light: #d0cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79115,
    "c": 0.00842,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBB5

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#5F8F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBB5

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

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