#BDABC7#BDABC7

#BDABC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.044 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC7
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(279, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 11.66, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 16.64, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0304 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.044 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8563, 44.0685, 60.1121)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC7 #B5C7AB

analogous

#AFABC7 #BDABC7 #C7ABC3

triadic

#BDABC7 #C7BDAB #ABC7BD

tetradic

#BDABC7 #C7AFAB #B5C7AB #ABC3C7

square

#BDABC7 #C7AFAB #B5C7AB #ABC3C7

split-complementary

#BDABC7 #C3C7AB #ABC7AF

monochromatic

#836395 #A086AF #BDABC7 #DAD0DF #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC7

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC7	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.044 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d8',
    500: '#bdabc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc7;
$custom-light: #d1c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76542,
    "c": 0.04403,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC7

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9E4766

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC7

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

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