#BCB0C2#BCB0C2

#BCB0C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.028 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0C2
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 194)
HSL	hsl(280, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 9%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 7.61, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 10.75, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.02 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.028 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0004, 45.6373, 57.4140)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0C2 #B6C2B0

analogous

#B3B0C2 #BCB0C2 #C2B0BF

triadic

#BCB0C2 #C2BCB0 #B0C2BC

tetradic

#BCB0C2 #C2B3B0 #B6C2B0 #B0BFC2

square

#BCB0C2 #C2B3B0 #B6C2B0 #B0BFC2

split-complementary

#BCB0C2 #BFC2B0 #B0C2B3

monochromatic

#816C8C #9F8DA7 #BCB0C2 #D9D3DD #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB0C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB0C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0C2

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0C2	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.028 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d4',
    500: '#bcb0c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0c2;
$custom-light: #d0c7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77278,
    "c": 0.02849,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0C2

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#974F67

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0C2

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

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