#BCBBB8#BCBBB8

#BCBBB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.004 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBB8
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(45, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -0.20, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 1.65, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0001 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.004 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1597, 49.6928, 52.4453)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBB8 #B8B9BC

analogous

#BCB9B8 #BCBBB8 #BBBCB8

triadic

#BCBBB8 #B8BCBB #BBB8BC

tetradic

#BCBBB8 #B8BCB9 #B8B9BC #BCB8BB

square

#BCBBB8 #B8BCB9 #B8B9BC #BCB8BB

split-complementary

#BCBBB8 #B8BBBC #B9B8BC

monochromatic

#807F79 #9E9D99 #BCBBB8 #DAD9D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCBBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBB8

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBB8	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.004 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfcd',
    500: '#bcbbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbb8;
$custom-light: #d0cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.792,
    "c": 0.00433,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBB8

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#668D59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBB8

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

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