#BDABCA#BDABCA

#BDABCA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.048 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABCA
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(275, 23%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 12.26, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 18.15, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0314 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.048 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2081, 44.2092, 61.9646)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABCA #B8CAAB

analogous

#ADABCA #BDABCA #CAABC7

triadic

#BDABCA #CABDAB #ABCABD

tetradic

#BDABCA #CAADAB #B8CAAB #ABC7CA

square

#BDABCA #CAADAB #B8CAAB #ABC7CA

split-complementary

#BDABCA #C7CAAB #ABCAAD

monochromatic

#82619A #A085B2 #BDABCA #DAD1E2 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BDABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABCA

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABCA	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.048 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4da',
    500: '#bdabca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabca;
$custom-light: #d1c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 22.628,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76646,
    "c": 0.0478,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABCA

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A1446B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABCA

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

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