#BCBEB6#BCBEB6

#BCBEB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.011 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB6
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 182)
HSL	hsl(75, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(75, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -2.16, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 4.36, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0053 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.011 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5947, 50.8957, 51.5634)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB6 #B8B6BE

analogous

#BEBCB6 #BCBEB6 #B8BEB6

triadic

#BCBEB6 #B6BCBE #BEB6BC

tetradic

#BCBEB6 #B6BEBC #B8B6BE #BEB6B8

square

#BCBEB6 #B6BEBC #B8B6BE #BEB6B8

split-complementary

#BCBEB6 #B6B8BE #BCB6BE

monochromatic

#808476 #9EA196 #BCBEB6 #DADBD6 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCBEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB6

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB6	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.011 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cb',
    500: '#bcbeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb6;
$custom-light: #d0d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 5.797,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79762,
    "c": 0.01129,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB6

secondary

#8A8791

accent

#569064

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB6

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

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