#BCBCB2#BCBCB2

#BCBCB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.014 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB2
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -1.81, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 5.37, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.004 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.014 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7570, 49.8723, 49.2739)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB2 #B2B2BC

analogous

#BCB7B2 #BCBCB2 #B7BCB2

triadic

#BCBCB2 #B2BCBC #BCB2BC

tetradic

#BCBCB2 #B2BCB7 #B2B2BC #BCB2B7

square

#BCBCB2 #B2BCB7 #B2B2BC #BCB2B7

split-complementary

#BCBCB2 #B2B7BC #B7B2BC

monochromatic

#828271 #A0A091 #BCBCB2 #D8D8D3 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BCBCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB2

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB2	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)

#BEBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.014 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bcbcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb2;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79237,
    "c": 0.01385,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB2

secondary

#E4E4E6

accent

#559155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB2

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

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