#bcb5bd

Color #bcb5bd

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light magenta.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 6.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb5bd

RGB

rgb(188, 181, 189)

HSL

hsl(292.5, 5.7%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(292.5, 4.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(74.45, 3.94, -3.17)

LCH

lch(74.45, 5.06, 321.18)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0136, 321.87)

HWB

hwb(292.5, 71%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6bdb5

Analogous

#b8b5bd

#bcb5bd

#bdb5ba

Triadic

#bcb5bd

#bdbcb5

#b5bdbc

Split-complementary

#bcb5bd

#babdb5

#b5bdb8

Tetradic

#bcb5bd

#bdb5b6

#b6bdb5

#b5bdbc

Square

#bcb5bd

#bdb8b5

#b6bdb5

#b5babd

Shades

Color #bcb5bd mixed toward black.

#9e94a0

#817482

#605762

#403a41

#201d21

Tints

Color #bcb5bd mixed toward white.

#c7c1c8

#d2ced3

#dddade

#e9e6e9

#f4f3f4

Tones

Color #bcb5bd mixed toward gray.

#bbb6bc

#bab7bb

#bab8ba

#b9b8ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9bb · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#b9babb · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#bcbab9 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb5bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb5bd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#bcb5bd (#bcb5bd) is rgb(188, 181, 189) in RGB.

No, #bcb5bd 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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