#BCBCB6#BCBCB6

#BCBCB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB6
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -1.10, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 3.22, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0024 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1645, 50.0353, 51.4200)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB6 #B6B6BC

analogous

#BCB9B6 #BCBCB6 #B9BCB6

triadic

#BCBCB6 #B6BCBC #BCB6BC

tetradic

#BCBCB6 #B6BCB9 #B6B6BC #BCB6B9

square

#BCBCB6 #B6BCB9 #B6B6BC #BCB6B9

split-complementary

#BCBCB6 #B6B9BC #B9B6BC

monochromatic

#818176 #9F9F96 #BCBCB6 #D9D9D6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BCBCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB6

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB6	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cb',
    500: '#bcbcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb6;
$custom-light: #d0d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79349,
    "c": 0.00833,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB6

secondary

#88888F

accent

#578E57

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB6

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

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