#BDAEBD#BDAEBD

#BDAEBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.027 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEBD
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 8.09, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 9.89, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0223 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.027 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3063, 44.7655, 54.3881)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEBD #AEBDAE

analogous

#B5AEBD #BDAEBD #BDAEB5

triadic

#BDAEBD #BDBDAE #AEBDBD

tetradic

#BDAEBD #BDB5AE #AEBDAE #AEB5BD

square

#BDAEBD #BDB5AE #AEBDAE #AEB5BD

split-complementary

#BDAEBD #B5BDAE #AEBDB5

monochromatic

#856C85 #A28CA2 #BDAEBD #D8D0D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDAEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BDAEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEBD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEBD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.027 325.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76804,
    "c": 0.0269,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEBD

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#945151

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEBD

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

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