#bcb5c6

Color #bcb5c6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#bcb5c6

RGB

rgb(188, 181, 198)

HSL

hsl(264.7, 13%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.7, 8.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(74.71, 5.67, -7.71)

LCH

lch(74.71, 9.57, 306.33)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.025, 304.39)

HWB

hwb(264.7, 71%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfc6b5

Analogous

#b5b6c6

#bcb5c6

#c4b5c6

Triadic

#bcb5c6

#c6bcb5

#b5c6bc

Split-complementary

#bcb5c6

#c6c4b5

#b6c6b5

Tetradic

#bcb5c6

#c6b5bf

#bfc6b5

#b5c6bc

Square

#bcb5c6

#c6b5b6

#bfc6b5

#b5c6c4

Shades

Color #bcb5c6 mixed toward black.

#9c91ab

#7b6e8f

#5d526b

#3e3747

#1f1b24

Tints

Color #bcb5c6 mixed toward white.

#c7c1cf

#d2ced9

#dddae2

#e9e6ec

#f4f3f5

Tones

Color #bcb5c6 mixed toward gray.

#bcb6c5

#bcb8c3

#bdb9c2

#bdbbc0

#bdbcbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9c2 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#b9bac1 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#bcbfbe · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 9.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcb5c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcb5c6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#bcb5c6 (#bcb5c6) is rgb(188, 181, 198) in RGB.

No, #bcb5c6 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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