#BDADBE#BDADBE

#BDADBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.030 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADBE
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 8.83, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 11.01, 323.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0241 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.03 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2228, 44.4241, 54.8976)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADBE #AEBEAD

analogous

#B4ADBE #BDADBE #BEADB6

triadic

#BDADBE #BEBDAD #ADBEBD

tetradic

#BDADBE #BEB4AD #AEBEAD #ADB6BE

square

#BDADBE #BEB4AD #AEBEAD #ADB6BE

split-complementary

#BDADBE #B6BEAD #ADBEB4

monochromatic

#856A86 #A28BA3 #BDADBE #D8CFD9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADBE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADBE	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.030 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5d1',
    500: '#bdadbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadbe;
$custom-light: #d0c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.0298,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADBE

secondary

#E1E6E1

accent

#965054

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADBE

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

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