#BDABC0#BDABC0

#BDABC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.036 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC0
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(291, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(291, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 10.30, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 13.26, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0279 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.036 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0622, 43.7509, 55.9298)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC0 #AEC0AB

analogous

#B2ABC0 #BDABC0 #C0ABB8

triadic

#BDABC0 #C0BDAB #ABC0BD

tetradic

#BDABC0 #C0B2AB #AEC0AB #ABB8C0

square

#BDABC0 #C0B2AB #AEC0AB #ABB8C0

split-complementary

#BDABC0 #B8C0AB #ABC0B2

monochromatic

#856789 #A288A6 #BDABC0 #D8CEDA #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BDABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC0

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC0	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.036 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d3',
    500: '#bdabc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc0;
$custom-light: #d1c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76306,
    "c": 0.03566,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC0

secondary

#E1E6E1

accent

#984D58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC0

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

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