#BCB3BF#BCB3BF

#BCB3BF is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.020 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3BF
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(285, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, 5.40, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 7.32, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0144 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.02 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2616, 46.6934, 55.8557)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3BF #B6BFB3

analogous

#B6B3BF #BCB3BF #BFB3BC

triadic

#BCB3BF #BFBCB3 #B3BFBC

tetradic

#BCB3BF #BFB6B3 #B6BFB3 #B3BCBF

square

#BCB3BF #BFB6B3 #B6BFB3 #B3BCBF

split-complementary

#BCB3BF #BCBFB3 #B3BFB6

monochromatic

#817186 #9F92A3 #BCB3BF #D9D4DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3BF

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3BF	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.020 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d2',
    500: '#bcb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3bf;
$custom-light: #d0c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77783,
    "c": 0.01952,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#935363

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3BF

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

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