#BDABC4#BDABC4

#BDABC4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.040 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC4
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(283, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 11.07, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 15.17, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0293 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.04 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5114, 43.9305, 58.2957)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC4 #B2C4AB

analogous

#B1ABC4 #BDABC4 #C4ABBF

triadic

#BDABC4 #C4BDAB #ABC4BD

tetradic

#BDABC4 #C4B1AB #B2C4AB #ABBFC4

square

#BDABC4 #C4B1AB #B2C4AB #ABBFC4

split-complementary

#BDABC4 #BFC4AB #ABC4B1

monochromatic

#846590 #A187AB #BDABC4 #D9CFDD #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC4

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC4	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.040 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d5',
    500: '#bdabc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc4;
$custom-light: #d1c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.2,
    "s": 17.483,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7644,
    "c": 0.04036,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC4

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9C4A61

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC4

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

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