#BDADCA#BDADCA

#BDADCA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.044 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADCA
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 202)
HSL	hsl(273, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(273, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, 11.16, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 16.85, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0285 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.044 310)
XYZ	xyz(46.5887, 44.9705, 62.0915)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADCA #BACAAD

analogous

#AEADCA #BDADCA #CAADC8

triadic

#BDADCA #CABDAD #ADCABD

tetradic

#BDADCA #CAAEAD #BACAAD #ADC8CA

square

#BDADCA #CAAEAD #BACAAD #ADC8CA

split-complementary

#BDADCA #C8CAAD #ADCAAE

monochromatic

#816399 #9F88B2 #BDADCA #DBD2E2 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDADCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BDADCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADCA

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADCA	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.044 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5da',
    500: '#bdadca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadca;
$custom-light: #d1c5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 21.481,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77038,
    "c": 0.0443,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.4497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADCA

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#A0466E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADCA

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

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