#BCB1BE#BCB1BE

#BCB1BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.022 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB1BE
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, 6.30, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 8.17, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.017 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.022 321)
XYZ	xyz(45.7540, 45.8536, 55.1455)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB1BE #B3BEB1

analogous

#B6B1BE #BCB1BE #BEB1BA

triadic

#BCB1BE #BEBCB1 #B1BEBC

tetradic

#BCB1BE #BEB6B1 #B3BEB1 #B1BABE

square

#BCB1BE #BEB6B1 #B3BEB1 #B1BABE

split-complementary

#BCB1BE #BABEB1 #B1BEB6

monochromatic

#826F85 #9F90A2 #BCB1BE #D9D2DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB1BE

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB1BE	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.022 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8d1',
    500: '#bcb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb1be;
$custom-light: #d0c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7735,
    "c": 0.02193,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.45853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB1BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#93525C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB1BE

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

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