#BCADC8#BCADC8

#BCADC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.041 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADC8
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, 10.42, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 15.71, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0267 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.041 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1062, 44.7489, 60.8408)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADC8 #B9C8AD

analogous

#AEADC8 #BCADC8 #C8ADC6

triadic

#BCADC8 #C8BCAD #ADC8BC

tetradic

#BCADC8 #C8AEAD #B9C8AD #ADC6C8

square

#BCADC8 #C8AEAD #B9C8AD #ADC6C8

split-complementary

#BCADC8 #C6C8AD #ADC8AE

monochromatic

#806596 #9E88AF #BCADC8 #DAD2E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADC8

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADC8	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcadc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.041 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5d8',
    500: '#bcadc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcadc8;
$custom-light: #d0c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcadc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 19.708,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76883,
    "c": 0.04131,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E476E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADC8

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

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