#BDABCD#BDABCD

#BDABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.052 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABCD
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 12.86, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 19.67, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0325 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.052 309)
XYZ	xyz(46.5667, 44.3527, 63.8535)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABCD #BBCDAB

analogous

#ACABCD #BDABCD #CDABCC

triadic

#BDABCD #CDBDAB #ABCDBD

tetradic

#BDABCD #CDACAB #BBCDAB #ABCCCD

square

#BDABCD #CDACAB #BBCDAB #ABCCCD

split-complementary

#BDABCD #CCCDAB #ABCDAC

monochromatic

#815F9F #9F85B6 #BDABCD #DBD1E4 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABCD

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABCD	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.052 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4dc',
    500: '#bdabcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabcd;
$custom-light: #d1c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76752,
    "c": 0.05163,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.44352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABCD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A44270

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABCD

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

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