#BDABC2#BDABC2

#BDABC2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.038 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC2
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(287, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(287, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 10.69, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 14.20, 318.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0286 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.038 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2853, 43.8401, 57.1048)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC2 #B0C2AB

analogous

#B2ABC2 #BDABC2 #C2ABBC

triadic

#BDABC2 #C2BDAB #ABC2BD

tetradic

#BDABC2 #C2B2AB #B0C2AB #ABBCC2

square

#BDABC2 #C2B2AB #B0C2AB #ABBCC2

split-complementary

#BDABC2 #BCC2AB #ABC2B2

monochromatic

#84668D #A188A8 #BDABC2 #D9CEDC #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC2	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.038 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d4',
    500: '#bdabc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc2;
$custom-light: #d1c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76373,
    "c": 0.03798,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC2

secondary

#E3E7E1

accent

#9A4B5D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC2

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

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