#BCBCB9#BCBCB9

#BCBCB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.004 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCB9
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -0.55, 1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 1.61, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0012 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.004 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4778, 50.1606, 53.0703)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCB9 #B9B9BC

analogous

#BCBAB9 #BCBCB9 #BABCB9

triadic

#BCBCB9 #B9BCBC #BCB9BC

tetradic

#BCBCB9 #B9BCBA #B9B9BC #BCB9BA

square

#BCBCB9 #B9BCBA #B9B9BC #BCB9BA

split-complementary

#BCBCB9 #B9BABC #BAB9BC

monochromatic

#80807B #9E9E9A #BCBCB9 #DADAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BCBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCB9

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCB9	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.004 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ce',
    500: '#bcbcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcb9;
$custom-light: #d0d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79435,
    "c": 0.00417,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCB9

secondary

#8B8B8E

accent

#5A8C5A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCB9

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

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