#BDABC5#BDABC5

#BDABC5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.042 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC5
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(282, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 11.27, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 15.65, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0297 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.042 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6256, 43.9762, 58.8972)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC5 #B3C5AB

analogous

#B0ABC5 #BDABC5 #C5ABC0

triadic

#BDABC5 #C5BDAB #ABC5BD

tetradic

#BDABC5 #C5B0AB #B3C5AB #ABC0C5

square

#BDABC5 #C5B0AB #B3C5AB #ABC0C5

split-complementary

#BDABC5 #C0C5AB #ABC5B0

monochromatic

#836491 #A187AC #BDABC5 #D9CFDE #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC5

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC5	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.042 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d6',
    500: '#bdabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc5;
$custom-light: #d1c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76474,
    "c": 0.04157,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC5

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9D4963

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC5

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

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