#BCB1BF#BCB1BF

#BCB1BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.023 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB1BF
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(287, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 6.49, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 8.64, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0174 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.023 319)
XYZ	xyz(45.8637, 45.8975, 55.7231)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB1BF #B4BFB1

analogous

#B5B1BF #BCB1BF #BFB1BB

triadic

#BCB1BF #BFBCB1 #B1BFBC

tetradic

#BCB1BF #BFB5B1 #B4BFB1 #B1BBBF

square

#BCB1BF #BFB5B1 #B4BFB1 #B1BBBF

split-complementary

#BCB1BF #BBBFB1 #B1BFB5

monochromatic

#826F87 #9F8FA3 #BCB1BF #D9D3DB #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BCB1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB1BF

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB1BF	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.023 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8d2',
    500: '#bcb1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb1bf;
$custom-light: #d0c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77382,
    "c": 0.02309,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.45897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB1BF

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#945260

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB1BF

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

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