#BDAEBC#BDAEBC

#BDAEBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.026 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEBC
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(304, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(304, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 7.90, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 9.45, 326.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.0219 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.026 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1981, 44.7222, 53.8184)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEBC #AEBDAF

analogous

#B6AEBD #BDAEBC #BDAEB4

triadic

#BDAEBC #BCBDAE #AEBCBD

tetradic

#BDAEBC #BDB6AE #AEBDAF #AEB4BD

square

#BDAEBC #BDB6AE #AEBDAF #AEB4BD

split-complementary

#BDAEBC #B4BDAE #AEBDB6

monochromatic

#856C83 #A28CA0 #BDAEBC #D8D0D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BDAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEBC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEBC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.026 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d0',
    500: '#bdaebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaebc;
$custom-light: #d0c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.02584,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEBC

secondary

#E1E5E2

accent

#945651

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEBC

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

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