#BCBCB5#BCBCB5

#BCBCB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.010 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB5
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -1.27, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 3.76, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0028 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.01 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0615, 49.9941, 50.8776)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB5 #B5B5BC

analogous

#BCB9B5 #BCBCB5 #B9BCB5

triadic

#BCBCB5 #B5BCBC #BCB5BC

tetradic

#BCBCB5 #B5BCB9 #B5B5BC #BCB5B9

square

#BCBCB5 #B5BCB9 #B5B5BC #BCB5B9

split-complementary

#BCBCB5 #B5B9BC #B9B5BC

monochromatic

#818175 #9F9F95 #BCBCB5 #D9D9D5 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BCBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB5

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB5	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.010 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bcbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb5;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79321,
    "c": 0.00972,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB5

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#578F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB5

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

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