#BCBCB3#BCBCB3

#BCBCB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.012 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB3
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -1.63, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 4.83, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0036 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.012 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8578, 49.9126, 49.8046)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB3 #B3B3BC

analogous

#BCB8B3 #BCBCB3 #B8BCB3

triadic

#BCBCB3 #B3BCBC #BCB3BC

tetradic

#BCBCB3 #B3BCB8 #B3B3BC #BCB3B8

square

#BCBCB3 #B3BCB8 #B3B3BC #BCB3B8

split-complementary

#BCBCB3 #B3B8BC #B8B3BC

monochromatic

#828273 #9F9F92 #BCBCB3 #D9D9D4 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCBCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB3

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB3	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.012 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c9',
    500: '#bcbcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb3;
$custom-light: #d0d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79265,
    "c": 0.01247,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB3

secondary

#E4E4E7

accent

#559055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB3

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

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