#BCB2BF#BCB2BF

#BCB2BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.021 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2BF
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(286, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 5.95, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 7.98, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0159 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.021 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0619, 46.2940, 55.7891)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2BF #B5BFB2

analogous

#B6B2BF #BCB2BF #BFB2BC

triadic

#BCB2BF #BFBCB2 #B2BFBC

tetradic

#BCB2BF #BFB6B2 #B5BFB2 #B2BCBF

square

#BCB2BF #BFB6B2 #B5BFB2 #B2BCBF

split-complementary

#BCB2BF #BCBFB2 #B2BFB6

monochromatic

#817087 #9F91A3 #BCB2BF #D9D3DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BCB2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2BF

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2BF	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.021 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d2',
    500: '#bcb2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2bf;
$custom-light: #d0c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77582,
    "c": 0.0213,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#935261

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2BF

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

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