#BDABCB#BDABCB

#BDABCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.049 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABCB
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 12.46, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 18.65, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0318 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.049 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3268, 44.2567, 62.5902)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABCB #B9CBAB

analogous

#ADABCB #BDABCB #CBABC9

triadic

#BDABCB #CBBDAB #ABCBBD

tetradic

#BDABCB #CBADAB #B9CBAB #ABC9CB

square

#BDABCB #CBADAB #B9CBAB #ABC9CB

split-complementary

#BDABCB #C9CBAB #ABCBAD

monochromatic

#81609B #9F85B4 #BDABCB #DBD1E2 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABCB

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABCB	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.049 310.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76681,
    "c": 0.04906,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABCB

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A2446D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABCB

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

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