#BDABC1#BDABC1

#BDABC1 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.037 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC1
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 193)
HSL	hsl(289, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(289, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 10.49, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 13.73, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0282 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.037 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1734, 43.7953, 56.5153)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC1 #AFC1AB

analogous

#B2ABC1 #BDABC1 #C1ABBA

triadic

#BDABC1 #C1BDAB #ABC1BD

tetradic

#BDABC1 #C1B2AB #AFC1AB #ABBAC1

square

#BDABC1 #C1B2AB #AFC1AB #ABBAC1

split-complementary

#BDABC1 #BAC1AB #ABC1B2

monochromatic

#84678B #A188A7 #BDABC1 #D9CEDB #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDABC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BDABC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC1

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC1	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.037 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d3',
    500: '#bdabc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc1;
$custom-light: #d1c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 15.068,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76339,
    "c": 0.03682,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC1

secondary

#E2E7E1

accent

#994C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC1

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

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