#BCB2BE#BCB2BE

#BCB2BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.020 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2BE
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(290, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(290, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, 5.76, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 7.51, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0156 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.02 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9523, 46.2501, 55.2116)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2BE #B4BEB2

analogous

#B6B2BE #BCB2BE #BEB2BA

triadic

#BCB2BE #BEBCB2 #B2BEBC

tetradic

#BCB2BE #BEB6B2 #B4BEB2 #B2BABE

square

#BCB2BE #BEB6B2 #B4BEB2 #B2BABE

split-complementary

#BCB2BE #BABEB2 #B2BEB6

monochromatic

#827085 #9F91A2 #BCB2BE #D9D3DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2BE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2BE	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.020 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d1',
    500: '#bcb2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2be;
$custom-light: #d0c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77551,
    "c": 0.02013,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#92535E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2BE

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

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