#BDADCB#BDADCB

#BDADCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.046 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADCB
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 11.36, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 17.36, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0288 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.046 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7075, 45.0180, 62.7171)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADCB #BBCBAD

analogous

#AEADCB #BDADCB #CBADCA

triadic

#BDADCB #CBBDAD #ADCBBD

tetradic

#BDADCB #CBAEAD #BBCBAD #ADCACB

square

#BDADCB #CBAEAD #BBCBAD #ADCACB

split-complementary

#BDADCB #CACBAD #ADCBAE

monochromatic

#81629B #9F88B3 #BDADCB #DBD2E3 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDADCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDADCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADCB

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADCB	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.046 309.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 22.388,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77073,
    "c": 0.04558,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADCB

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#A14570

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADCB

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

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