#BDADBD#BDADBD

#BDADBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.029 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADBD
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 8.64, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 10.56, 324.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0238 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.029 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1138, 44.3805, 54.3239)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADBD #ADBDAD

analogous

#B5ADBD #BDADBD #BDADB5

triadic

#BDADBD #BDBDAD #ADBDBD

tetradic

#BDADBD #BDB5AD #ADBDAD #ADB5BD

square

#BDADBD #BDB5AD #ADBDAD #ADB5BD

split-complementary

#BDADBD #B5BDAD #ADBDB5

monochromatic

#856B85 #A28BA2 #BDADBD #D8CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADBD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADBD	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)

#ACB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.029 325.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.02871,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADBD

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#955151

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADBD

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

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