#bcb1c4

Color #bcb1c4

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb1c4

RGB

rgb(188, 177, 196)

HSL

hsl(274.7, 13.9%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.7, 9.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(73.62, 7.45, -8.22)

LCH

lch(73.62, 11.09, 312.19)

OKLCH

oklch(77.5%, 0.0293, 311.26)

HWB

hwb(274.7, 69.4%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9c4b1

Analogous

#b2b1c4

#bcb1c4

#c4b1c2

Triadic

#bcb1c4

#c4bcb1

#b1c4bc

Split-complementary

#bcb1c4

#c2c4b1

#b1c4b2

Tetradic

#bcb1c4

#c4b1b9

#b9c4b1

#b1c4bc

Square

#bcb1c4

#c4b2b1

#b9c4b1

#b1c2c4

Shades

Color #bcb1c4 mixed toward black.

#9e8da9

#7f6b8e

#5f506a

#3f3547

#201b23

Tints

Color #bcb1c4 mixed toward white.

#c7bece

#d2cbd8

#ddd8e1

#e9e5eb

#f4f2f5

Tones

Color #bcb1c4 mixed toward gray.

#bcb2c2

#bbb4c1

#bbb6bf

#bbb7be

#bbb9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7c0 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#b8b9bf · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#bbbcbb · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb1c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb1c4]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bcb1c4 (#bcb1c4) is rgb(188, 177, 196) in RGB.

No, #bcb1c4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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