#BCBCB7#BCBCB7

#BCBCB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.007 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB7
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -0.92, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 2.69, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.002 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.007 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2682, 50.0768, 51.9662)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB7 #B7B7BC

analogous

#BCB9B7 #BCBCB7 #B9BCB7

triadic

#BCBCB7 #B7BCBC #BCB7BC

tetradic

#BCBCB7 #B7BCB9 #B7B7BC #BCB7B9

square

#BCBCB7 #B7BCB9 #B7B7BC #BCB7B9

split-complementary

#BCBCB7 #B7B9BC #B9B7BC

monochromatic

#818178 #9F9F97 #BCBCB7 #D9D9D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCBCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB7

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB7	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.007 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cc',
    500: '#bcbcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb7;
$custom-light: #d0d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.597,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79378,
    "c": 0.00695,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB7

secondary

#89898F

accent

#588D58

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB7

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

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