#BCB0BC#BCB0BC

#BCB0BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.021 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0BC
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 6.47, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 7.91, 324.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0178 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.022 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3401, 45.3732, 53.9365)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0BC #B0BCB0

analogous

#B6B0BC #BCB0BC #BCB0B6

triadic

#BCB0BC #BCBCB0 #B0BCBC

tetradic

#BCB0BC #BCB6B0 #B0BCB0 #B0B6BC

square

#BCB0BC #BCB6B0 #B0BCB0 #B0B6BC

split-complementary

#BCB0BC #B6BCB0 #B0BCB6

monochromatic

#836F83 #A08FA0 #BCB0BC #D8D1D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BCB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0BC

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0BC	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.021 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d0',
    500: '#bcb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0bc;
$custom-light: #d0c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.219,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77086,
    "c": 0.0215,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0BC

secondary

#E2E5E2

accent

#925353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0BC

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

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