#BCBEB8#BCBEB8

#BCBEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.009 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB8
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 184)
HSL	hsl(80, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(80, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -1.80, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 3.31, 122.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0045 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.009 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8028, 50.9790, 52.6597)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB8 #BAB8BE

analogous

#BEBDB8 #BCBEB8 #B9BEB8

triadic

#BCBEB8 #B8BCBE #BEB8BC

tetradic

#BCBEB8 #B8BEBD #BAB8BE #BEB8B9

square

#BCBEB8 #B8BEBD #BAB8BE #BEB8B9

split-complementary

#BCBEB8 #B8B9BE #BDB8BE

monochromatic

#808378 #9EA198 #BCBEB8 #DADBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BCBEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB8

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB8	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.009 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1cd',
    500: '#bcbeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb8;
$custom-light: #d0d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.0086,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB8

secondary

#8C8A91

accent

#578E6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB8

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

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