#BDACBD#BDACBD

#BDACBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.031 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDACBD
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 9.18, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 11.22, 324.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0253 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.031 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9228, 43.9985, 54.2602)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDACBD #ACBDAC

analogous

#B4ACBD #BDACBD #BDACB4

triadic

#BDACBD #BDBDAC #ACBDBD

tetradic

#BDACBD #BDB4AC #ACBDAC #ACB4BD

square

#BDACBD #BDB4AC #ACBDAC #ACB4BD

split-complementary

#BDACBD #B4BDAC #ACBDB4

monochromatic

#856A85 #A28AA2 #BDACBD #D8CED8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDACBD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDACBD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdacbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.031 325.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdacbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.03053,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDACBD

secondary

#E0E5E0

accent

#955050

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDACBD

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

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