#BCADBD#BCADBD

#BCADBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.028 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADBD
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 8.29, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 10.35, 323.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0227 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.028 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8666, 44.2530, 54.3123)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADBD #AEBDAD

analogous

#B4ADBD #BCADBD #BDADB6

triadic

#BCADBD #BDBCAD #ADBDBC

tetradic

#BCADBD #BDB4AD #AEBDAD #ADB6BD

square

#BCADBD #BDB4AD #AEBDAD #ADB6BD

split-complementary

#BCADBD #B6BDAD #ADBDB4

monochromatic

#836B85 #A08BA2 #BCADBD #D8CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADBD

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADBD	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcadbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.028 323.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcadbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76518,
    "c": 0.02802,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADBD

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#955155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADBD

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

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