#BCB0BE#BCB0BE

#BCB0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.024 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0BE
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 6.84, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 8.83, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0185 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.024 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5572, 45.4600, 55.0799)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0BE #B2BEB0

analogous

#B5B0BE #BCB0BE #BEB0B9

triadic

#BCB0BE #BEBCB0 #B0BEBC

tetradic

#BCB0BE #BEB5B0 #B2BEB0 #B0B9BE

square

#BCB0BE #BEB5B0 #B2BEB0 #B0B9BE

split-complementary

#BCB0BE #B9BEB0 #B0BEB5

monochromatic

#826E86 #A08EA2 #BCB0BE #D8D2DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BCB0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0BE

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0BE	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.024 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d1',
    500: '#bcb0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0be;
$custom-light: #d0c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 9.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77149,
    "c": 0.02372,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0BE

secondary

#E4E7E3

accent

#94525B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0BE

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

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