#BCADBC#BCADBC

#BCADBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.027 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADBC
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 8.10, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 9.90, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0223 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.027 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7584, 44.2098, 53.7426)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADBC #ADBCAD

analogous

#B4ADBC #BCADBC #BCADB4

triadic

#BCADBC #BCBCAD #ADBCBC

tetradic

#BCADBC #BCB4AD #ADBCAD #ADB4BC

square

#BCADBC #BCB4AD #ADBCAD #ADB4BC

split-complementary

#BCADBC #B4BCAD #ADBCB4

monochromatic

#836B83 #A08BA0 #BCADBC #D8CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADBC

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADBC	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcadbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.027 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5d0',
    500: '#bcadbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcadbc;
$custom-light: #d0c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcadbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.02693,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADBC

secondary

#E0E4E0

accent

#945151

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADBC

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

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