#BCBFB6#BCBFB6

#BCBFB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.013 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFB6
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 182)
HSL	hsl(80, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(80, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -2.69, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 4.96, 122.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0068 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.013 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8120, 51.3304, 51.6358)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFB6 #B9B6BF

analogous

#BFBDB6 #BCBFB6 #B7BFB6

triadic

#BCBFB6 #B6BCBF #BFB6BC

tetradic

#BCBFB6 #B6BFBD #B9B6BF #BFB6B7

square

#BCBFB6 #B6BFBD #B9B6BF #BFB6B7

split-complementary

#BCBFB6 #B6B7BF #BDB6BF

monochromatic

#808675 #9EA295 #BCBFB6 #DADCD7 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBFB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCBFB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFB6

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFB6	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.013 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2cb',
    500: '#bcbfb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfb6;
$custom-light: #d0d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 6.569,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79969,
    "c": 0.01288,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFB6

secondary

#8B8792

accent

#559069

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFB6

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

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