#BCADEB#BCADEB

#BCADEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.088 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADEB
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 235)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 26.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 17.86, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 34.10, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% 0.0379 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.088 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6746, 46.5763, 84.9015)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADEB #DCEBAD

analogous

#ADBDEB #BCADEB #DBADEB

triadic

#BCADEB #EBBCAD #ADEBBC

tetradic

#BCADEB #EBADBD #DCEBAD #ADEBDB

square

#BCADEB #EBADBD #DCEBAD #ADEBDB

split-complementary

#BCADEB #EBDBAD #BDEBAD

monochromatic

#6C4BD3 #947CDF #BCADEB #E4DEF7 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCADEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCADEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADEB

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADEB	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcadeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.088 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5f1',
    500: '#bcadeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcadeb;
$custom-light: #d1c5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcadeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.782,
    "c": 0.08837,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADEB

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C81D9F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADEB

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

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