#BCBFB8#BCBFB8

#BCBFB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.010 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFB8
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 184)
HSL	hsl(86, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(86, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -2.33, 3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 3.93, 126.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.006 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.01 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0202, 51.4136, 52.7321)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFB8 #BBB8BF

analogous

#BFBEB8 #BCBFB8 #B8BFB8

triadic

#BCBFB8 #B8BCBF #BFB8BC

tetradic

#BCBFB8 #B8BFBE #BBB8BF #BFB8B8

square

#BCBFB8 #B8BFBE #BBB8BF #BFB8B8

split-complementary

#BCBFB8 #B8B8BF #BEB8BF

monochromatic

#7F8578 #9EA298 #BCBFB8 #DADCD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCBFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BCBFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFB8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFB8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.010 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2cd',
    500: '#bcbfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfb8;
$custom-light: #d0d2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80026,
    "c": 0.01024,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFB8

secondary

#8D8992

accent

#568F6F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFB8

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

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