#BCB0BD#BCB0BD

#BCB0BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.023 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0BD
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(295, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 6.65, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 8.37, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% 0.0182 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.023 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4483, 45.4165, 54.5062)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0BD #B1BDB0

analogous

#B6B0BD #BCB0BD #BDB0B8

triadic

#BCB0BD #BDBCB0 #B0BDBC

tetradic

#BCB0BD #BDB6B0 #B1BDB0 #B0B8BD

square

#BCB0BD #BDB6B0 #B1BDB0 #B0B8BD

split-complementary

#BCB0BD #B8BDB0 #B0BDB6

monochromatic

#836E84 #A08FA1 #BCB0BD #D8D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BCB0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0BD

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0BD	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.023 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d0',
    500: '#bcb0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0bd;
$custom-light: #d0c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.0226,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0BD

secondary

#E3E6E3

accent

#935357

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0BD

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

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