#BCB0BB#BCB0BB

#BCB0BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.020 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0BB
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 187)
HSL	hsl(305, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(305, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 6.28, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 7.48, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0174 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.02 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2327, 45.3302, 53.3708)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0BB #B0BCB1

analogous

#B7B0BC #BCB0BB #BCB0B5

triadic

#BCB0BB #BBBCB0 #B0BBBC

tetradic

#BCB0BB #BCB7B0 #B0BCB1 #B0B5BC

square

#BCB0BB #BCB7B0 #B0BCB1 #B0B5BC

split-complementary

#BCB0BB #B5BCB0 #B0BCB7

monochromatic

#836F81 #A08F9E #BCB0BB #D8D1D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BCB0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0BB

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0BB	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.020 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7cf',
    500: '#bcb0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0bb;
$custom-light: #d0c7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 8.219,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.02044,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0BB

secondary

#E2E5E3

accent

#925953

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0BB

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

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