#BCBBB7#BCBBB7

#BCBBB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.006 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBB7
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(48, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -0.38, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 2.18, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0005 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.006 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0553, 49.6510, 51.8952)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBB7 #B7B8BC

analogous

#BCB8B7 #BCBBB7 #BABCB7

triadic

#BCBBB7 #B7BCBB #BBB7BC

tetradic

#BCBBB7 #B7BCB8 #B7B8BC #BCB7BA

square

#BCBBB7 #B7BCB8 #B7B8BC #BCB7BA

split-complementary

#BCBBB7 #B7BABC #B8B7BC

monochromatic

#817F78 #9F9D97 #BCBBB7 #D9D9D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCBBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBB7

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBB7	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.006 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfcc',
    500: '#bcbbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbb7;
$custom-light: #d0cfcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 3.597,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79172,
    "c": 0.00568,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBB7

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#638D58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBB7

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

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