#BCBCB1#BCBCB1

#BCBCB1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.015 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB1
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -1.98, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 5.90, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0044 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.015 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6570, 49.8323, 48.7471)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB1 #B1B1BC

analogous

#BCB7B1 #BCBCB1 #B7BCB1

triadic

#BCBCB1 #B1BCBC #BCB1BC

tetradic

#BCBCB1 #B1BCB7 #B1B1BC #BCB1B7

square

#BCBCB1 #B1BCB7 #B1B1BC #BCB1B7

split-complementary

#BCBCB1 #B1B7BC #B7B1BC

monochromatic

#838370 #A0A090 #BCBCB1 #D8D8D2 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BCBCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB1

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB1	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.015 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c8',
    500: '#bcbcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb1;
$custom-light: #d0d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7921,
    "c": 0.01524,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB1

secondary

#E3E3E6

accent

#549254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB1

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

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