#BDADBF#BDADBF

#BDADBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.031 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADBF
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 9.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 9.02, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 11.47, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0245 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.031 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3324, 44.4680, 55.4751)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADBF #AFBFAD

analogous

#B4ADBF #BDADBF #BFADB8

triadic

#BDADBF #BFBDAD #ADBFBD

tetradic

#BDADBF #BFB4AD #AFBFAD #ADB8BF

square

#BDADBF #BFB4AD #AFBFAD #ADB8BF

split-complementary

#BDADBF #B8BFAD #ADBFB4

monochromatic

#846A88 #A18BA4 #BDADBF #D9CFDA #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDADBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BDADBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADBF

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADBF	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.031 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5d2',
    500: '#bdadbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadbf;
$custom-light: #d1c5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.03091,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADBF

secondary

#E2E6E2

accent

#964F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADBF

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

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