#BCB4C0#BCB4C0

#BCB4C0 is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.019 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4C0
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 192)
HSL	hsl(280, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 5.05, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 7.16, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% 0.0133 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.019 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5732, 47.1398, 56.5043)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4C0 #B8C0B4

analogous

#B6B4C0 #BCB4C0 #C0B4BE

triadic

#BCB4C0 #C0BCB4 #B4C0BC

tetradic

#BCB4C0 #C0B6B4 #B8C0B4 #B4BEC0

square

#BCB4C0 #C0B6B4 #B8C0B4 #B4BEC0

split-complementary

#BCB4C0 #BEC0B4 #B4C0B6

monochromatic

#807288 #9E93A4 #BCB4C0 #DAD5DC #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB4C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCB4C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4C0

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4C0	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.019 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad3',
    500: '#bcb4c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4c0;
$custom-light: #d0cad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 8.696,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78016,
    "c": 0.01895,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4C0

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#935368

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4C0

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

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