#bcadc8

Color #bcadc8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#bcadc8

RGB

rgb(188, 173, 200)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 19.7%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 13.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(72.73, 10.42, -11.75)

LCH

lch(72.73, 15.7, 311.57)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0413, 310.09)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 67.8%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9c8ad

Analogous

#aeadc8

#bcadc8

#c8adc6

Triadic

#bcadc8

#c8bcad

#adc8bc

Split-complementary

#bcadc8

#c6c8ad

#adc8ae

Tetradic

#bcadc8

#c8adb9

#b9c8ad

#adc8bc

Square

#bcadc8

#c8aead

#b9c8ad

#adc6c8

Shades

Color #bcadc8 mixed toward black.

#9d88af

#7f6495

#5f4b70

#3f324a

#201925

Tints

Color #bcadc8 mixed toward white.

#c7bbd1

#d2c8da

#ddd6e3

#e9e4ed

#f4f1f6

Tones

Color #bcadc8 mixed toward gray.

#bcafc6

#bbb1c3

#bbb4c1

#bbb6bf

#bbb8bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6c2 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#b7b8c0 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#bbbdbc · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcadc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcadc8]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#bcadc8 (#bcadc8) is rgb(188, 173, 200) in RGB.

No, #bcadc8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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