#BDABC8#BDABC8

#BDABC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.045 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABC8
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(277, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 11.86, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 17.14, 313.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0307 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.045 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9728, 44.1151, 60.7255)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABC8 #B6C8AB

analogous

#AEABC8 #BDABC8 #C8ABC4

triadic

#BDABC8 #C8BDAB #ABC8BD

tetradic

#BDABC8 #C8AEAB #B6C8AB #ABC4C8

square

#BDABC8 #C8AEAB #B6C8AB #ABC4C8

split-complementary

#BDABC8 #C4C8AB #ABC8AE

monochromatic

#836296 #A086B0 #BDABC8 #DAD0E0 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BDABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABC8

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABC8	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.045 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d8',
    500: '#bdabc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabc8;
$custom-light: #d1c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76576,
    "c": 0.04528,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9F4668

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABC8

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

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