#BCBCB8#BCBCB8

#BCBCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.006 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB8
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -0.73, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 2.15, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0016 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.006 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3726, 50.1186, 52.5163)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB8 #B8B8BC

analogous

#BCBAB8 #BCBCB8 #BABCB8

triadic

#BCBCB8 #B8BCBC #BCB8BC

tetradic

#BCBCB8 #B8BCBA #B8B8BC #BCB8BA

square

#BCBCB8 #B8BCBA #B8B8BC #BCB8BA

split-complementary

#BCBCB8 #B8BABC #BAB8BC

monochromatic

#808079 #9E9E99 #BCBCB8 #DADAD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB8

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB8	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)

#BDBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.006 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cd',
    500: '#bcbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb8;
$custom-light: #d0d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79406,
    "c": 0.00556,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB8

secondary

#8A8A8E

accent

#598D59

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB8

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

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