#BDADBB#BDADBB

#BDADBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.027 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADBB
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 187)
HSL	hsl(308, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(308, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 8.26, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 9.69, 328.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.023 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.027 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8982, 44.2943, 53.1885)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADBB #ADBDAF

analogous

#B7ADBD #BDADBB #BDADB3

triadic

#BDADBB #BBBDAD #ADBBBD

tetradic

#BDADBB #BDB7AD #ADBDAF #ADB3BD

square

#BDADBB #BDB7AD #ADBDAF #ADB3BD

split-complementary

#BDADBB #B3BDAD #ADBDB7

monochromatic

#856B82 #A28B9F #BDADBB #D8CFD7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDADBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BDADBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADBB

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADBB	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.027 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5cf',
    500: '#bdadbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadbb;
$custom-light: #d0c5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76541,
    "c": 0.02662,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADBB

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#955951

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADBB

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

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