#BDABC6#BDABC6

#BDABC6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.043 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC6
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(280, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 11.46, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 16.15, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.03 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.043 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7406, 44.0222, 59.5026)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC6 #B4C6AB

analogous

#B0ABC6 #BDABC6 #C6ABC2

triadic

#BDABC6 #C6BDAB #ABC6BD

tetradic

#BDABC6 #C6B0AB #B4C6AB #ABC2C6

square

#BDABC6 #C6B0AB #B4C6AB #ABC2C6

split-complementary

#BDABC6 #C2C6AB #ABC6B0

monochromatic

#836493 #A087AD #BDABC6 #DACFDF #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC6

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC6	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)

#A8B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.043 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d7',
    500: '#bdabc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc6;
$custom-light: #d1c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76508,
    "c": 0.0428,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC6

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9D4865

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC6

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

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