#BDABC3#BDABC3

#BDABC3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.039 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC3
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(285, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 10.88, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 14.68, 317.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.029 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.039 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3980, 43.8852, 57.6983)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC3 #B1C3AB

analogous

#B1ABC3 #BDABC3 #C3ABBD

triadic

#BDABC3 #C3BDAB #ABC3BD

tetradic

#BDABC3 #C3B1AB #B1C3AB #ABBDC3

square

#BDABC3 #C3B1AB #B1C3AB #ABBDC3

split-complementary

#BDABC3 #BDC3AB #ABC3B1

monochromatic

#84668E #A187AA #BDABC3 #D9CFDD #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC3

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC3	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.039 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d5',
    500: '#bdabc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc3;
$custom-light: #d1c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.03917,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC3

secondary

#E3E8E2

accent

#9B4B5F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC3

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

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