#BDACBC#BDACBC

#BDACBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.029 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDACBC
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(304, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 9.00, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 10.78, 326.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0249 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.029 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8146, 43.9552, 53.6906)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDACBC #ACBDAD

analogous

#B5ACBD #BDACBC #BDACB3

triadic

#BDACBC #BCBDAC #ACBCBD

tetradic

#BDACBC #BDB5AC #ACBDAD #ACB3BD

square

#BDACBC #BDB5AC #ACBDAD #ACB3BD

split-complementary

#BDACBC #B3BDAC #ACBDB5

monochromatic

#856A83 #A28AA0 #BDACBC #D8CED8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDACBC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDACBC	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdacbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.029 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4d0',
    500: '#bdacbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdacbc;
$custom-light: #d1c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdacbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76374,
    "c": 0.02947,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDACBC

secondary

#E0E5E0

accent

#955450

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDACBC

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

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