#BCBBB9#BCBBB9

#BCBBB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.003 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBB9
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(40, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -0.02, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 1.13, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0003 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.003 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2649, 49.7349, 52.9993)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBB9 #B9BABC

analogous

#BCB9B9 #BCBBB9 #BBBCB9

triadic

#BCBBB9 #B9BCBB #BBB9BC

tetradic

#BCBBB9 #B9BCB9 #B9BABC #BCB9BB

square

#BCBBB9 #B9BCB9 #B9BABC #BCB9BB

split-complementary

#BCBBB9 #B9BBBC #B9B9BC

monochromatic

#807E7B #9E9D9A #BCBBB9 #DAD9D8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBB9

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBB9	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.003 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfce',
    500: '#bcbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbb9;
$custom-light: #d0cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79229,
    "c": 0.00301,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBB9

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#6A8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBB9

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

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