#BDABCE#BDABCE

#BDABCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.053 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABCE
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 17%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, 13.06, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 20.18, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0328 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.053 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6878, 44.4011, 64.4912)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABCE #BCCEAB

analogous

#ACABCE #BDABCE #CEABCE

triadic

#BDABCE #CEBDAB #ABCEBD

tetradic

#BDABCE #CEACAB #BCCEAB #ABCECE

square

#BDABCE #CEACAB #BCCEAB #ABCECE

split-complementary

#BDABCE #CECEAB #ABCEAC

monochromatic

#805EA1 #9F84B7 #BDABCE #DBD2E5 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABCE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABCE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.053 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4dd',
    500: '#bdabce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabce;
$custom-light: #d1c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.05292,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABCE

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A54171

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABCE

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

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