#BDADCD#BDADCD

#BDADCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.048 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADCD
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, 11.76, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 18.38, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0295 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.048 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9473, 45.1139, 63.9804)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADCD #BDCDAD

analogous

#ADADCD #BDADCD #CDADCD

triadic

#BDADCD #CDBDAD #ADCDBD

tetradic

#BDADCD #CDADAD #BDCDAD #ADCDCD

square

#BDADCD #CDADAD #BDCDAD #ADCDCD

split-complementary

#BDADCD #CDCDAD #ADCDAD

monochromatic

#80619F #9E87B6 #BDADCD #DCD3E4 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BDADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADCD

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADCD	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.048 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5dc',
    500: '#bdadcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadcd;
$custom-light: #d1c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77142,
    "c": 0.04817,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADCD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A34373

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADCD

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

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