#BCADBE#BCADBE

#BCADBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.029 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADBE
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, 8.48, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 10.81, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.023 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.029 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9755, 44.2966, 54.8860)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADBE #AFBEAD

analogous

#B3ADBE #BCADBE #BEADB7

triadic

#BCADBE #BEBCAD #ADBEBC

tetradic

#BCADBE #BEB3AD #AFBEAD #ADB7BE

square

#BCADBE #BEB3AD #AFBEAD #ADB7BE

split-complementary

#BCADBE #B7BEAD #ADBEB3

monochromatic

#836A86 #A08BA3 #BCADBE #D8CFD9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BCADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADBE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADBE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcadbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.029 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5d1',
    500: '#bcadbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcadbe;
$custom-light: #d0c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcadbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7655,
    "c": 0.02914,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADBE

secondary

#E2E6E1

accent

#965058

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADBE

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

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