#BDABBB#BDABBB

#BDABBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.030 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABBB
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(307, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(307, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 9.36, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 11.01, 328.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.026 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.03 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5176, 43.5330, 53.0616)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABBB #ABBDAD

analogous

#B6ABBD #BDABBB #BDABB2

triadic

#BDABBB #BBBDAB #ABBBBD

tetradic

#BDABBB #BDB6AB #ABBDAD #ABB2BD

square

#BDABBB #BDB6AB #ABBDAD #ABB2BD

split-complementary

#BDABBB #B2BDAB #ABBDB6

monochromatic

#856982 #A2899F #BDABBB #D8CDD7 #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABBB

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABBB	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.030 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4cf',
    500: '#bdabbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabbb;
$custom-light: #d1c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76144,
    "c": 0.03024,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABBB

secondary

#DFE4E0

accent

#96574F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABBB

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

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