#BDAEC4#BDAEC4

#BDAEC4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.035 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEC4
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(281, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 9.43, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 13.20, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0248 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.035 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0845, 45.0767, 58.4867)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEC4 #B5C4AE

analogous

#B2AEC4 #BDAEC4 #C4AEC0

triadic

#BDAEC4 #C4BDAE #AEC4BD

tetradic

#BDAEC4 #C4B2AE #B5C4AE #AEC0C4

square

#BDAEC4 #C4B2AE #B5C4AE #AEC0C4

split-complementary

#BDAEC4 #C0C4AE #AEC4B2

monochromatic

#83688F #A08BAA #BDAEC4 #DAD1DE #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDAEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BDAEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEC4

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEC4	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)

#ACB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.035 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6d5',
    500: '#bdaec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaec4;
$custom-light: #d1c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEC4

secondary

#E4E8E3

accent

#9A4C65

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEC4

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

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