#BCB8B1 · near Ash

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#BCB8B1 (RGB 188, 184, 177) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Ash and near Mushroom and Silver. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #BCB8B1 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 78% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 82°.

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HEX#BCB8B1
RGBrgb(188, 184, 177)
HSLhsl(38, 8%, 72%)
CMYK0, 2, 6, 26
CSS var--ash
Contrast1.98:1 white · 10.63:1 black

Similar named colors

Ash #B2BEB5Mushroom #BDB0A0Silver #C0C0C0Greige #B7AFA3Putty #CDBFA9

How to use #BCB8B1

Black text passes WCAG AA on #BCB8B1 (10.63:1); white text does not (1.98:1).

For a calm scheme pair #BCB8B1 with its analogous neighbors #BDB3B2 and #BCBDB2; for contrast use its complement #B2B6BD as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--ash: #BCB8B1;

Color card

#BCB8B1 hex color card: near Ash, RGB 188, 184, 177
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Shades & tints

#262523#4B4A47#716E6A#96938E#BCB8B1#C9C6C1#D7D4D0#E4E3E0#F2F1EF

Color harmonies for #BCB8B1

Complementary

#BCB8B1#B2B6BD

Analogous

#BCB8B1#BDB3B2#BCBDB2

Triadic

#BCB8B1#B2BDB9#B9B2BD

Split complementary

#BCB8B1#B2BCBD#B3B2BD

Tetradic

#BCB8B1#B2BDB3#B2B6BD#BDB2BC

Palettes with #BCB8B1