#BCBCBC#BCBCBC

#BCBCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCBC
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 0.00, 180.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(47.7978, 50.2887, 54.7558)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCBC #BCBCBC

analogous

#BCBCBC #BCBCBC #BCBCBC

triadic

#BCBCBC #BCBCBC #BCBCBC

tetradic

#BCBCBC #BCBCBC #BCBCBC #BCBCBC

square

#BCBCBC #BCBCBC #BCBCBC #BCBCBC

split-complementary

#BCBCBC #BCBCBC #BCBCBC

monochromatic

#7F7F7F #9D9D9D #BCBCBC #DBDBDB #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BCBCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCBC

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCBC	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d0',
    500: '#bcbcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcbc;
$custom-light: #d0d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79522,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.50289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCBC

secondary

#8E8E8E

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCBC

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

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