#BDADBC#BDADBC

#BDADBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.028 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADBC
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(304, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(304, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 8.45, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 10.12, 326.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0234 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.028 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0057, 44.3373, 53.7542)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADBC #ADBDAE

analogous

#B6ADBD #BDADBC #BDADB4

triadic

#BDADBC #BCBDAD #ADBCBD

tetradic

#BDADBC #BDB6AD #ADBDAE #ADB4BD

square

#BDADBC #BDB6AD #ADBDAE #ADB4BD

split-complementary

#BDADBC #B4BDAD #ADBDB6

monochromatic

#856B83 #A28BA0 #BDADBC #D8CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADBC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADBC	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)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.028 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5d0',
    500: '#bdadbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadbc;
$custom-light: #d0c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76573,
    "c": 0.02765,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADBC

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#955551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADBC

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

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