#BCBBB6#BCBBB6

#BCBBB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.007 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBB6
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 182)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -0.56, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 2.71, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0009 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.007 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9516, 49.6095, 51.3490)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBB6 #B6B7BC

analogous

#BCB8B6 #BCBBB6 #BABCB6

triadic

#BCBBB6 #B6BCBB #BBB6BC

tetradic

#BCBBB6 #B6BCB8 #B6B7BC #BCB6BA

square

#BCBBB6 #B6BCB8 #B6B7BC #BCB6BA

split-complementary

#BCBBB6 #B6BABC #B8B6BC

monochromatic

#817F76 #9F9D96 #BCBBB6 #D9D9D6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BCBBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBB6

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBB6	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.007 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfcb',
    500: '#bcbbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbb6;
$custom-light: #d0cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79143,
    "c": 0.00705,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBB6

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#608E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBB6

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

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