All About Color #BCB5B3

#BCB5B3

About #BCB5B3

#BCB5B3 is a light gray color with the hex code #BCB5B3. In RGB it is red 188, green 181, blue 179; in HSL it is hue 13°, saturation 6%, lightness 72%; in CMYK it is 0%, 4%, 5%, 26%. Its contrast ratio is 2.02:1 on white and 10.40:1 on black.

#BCB5B3 Color Conversion

Hex tripletBC, B5, B3
CMYK0.00%, 3.72%, 4.79%, 26.27%
RGB Decimal188, 181, 179
HSL13°, 6%, 72%
RGB Octal274, 265, 263
HSV (HSB)13.33°, 4.79%, 73.73%
RGB Binary10111100, 10110101, 10110011
CIE-L*AB74.19, 2.12, 1.89
RGB Percent73.73%, 70.98%, 70.20%
CIE-L*CH74.19, 2.84, 41.76
XYZ45.40, 46.99, 49.33
CIE-L*UV74.19, 4.18, 2.43
xyY0.32, 0.33, 46.99
Hunter-Lab68.55, -1.75, 5.33
RYB73.73%, 71.20%, 70.20%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BCB5B3 on a dark background: contrast 10.40:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#BCB5B3 on a light background: contrast 2.02:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #BCB5B3, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #BCB5B3. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#BCB5B3 · #E7E5E4 · #918683 · #B3BABC · #E4E6E7

Analogous palette

#BCB3BA · #BCB3B6 · #BCB5B3 · #BCB9B3 · #BABCB3

Triadic palette

#BCB5B3 · #B3BCB5 · #B5B3BC · #E7E5E4 · #E4E7E5

Tetradic palette

#BCB5B3 · #B6BCB3 · #B3BABC · #B9B3BC · #918683

Monochromatic palette

#726765 · #988E8B · #BCB5B3 · #E0DDDC · #F3F2F1

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