#BDAFBB#BDAFBB

#BDAFBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.023 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFBB
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(309, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(309, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 7.17, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 8.36, 329.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.02 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.023 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2846, 45.0670, 53.3173)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFBB #AFBDB1

analogous

#B8AFBD #BDAFBB #BDAFB4

triadic

#BDAFBB #BBBDAF #AFBBBD

tetradic

#BDAFBB #BDB8AF #AFBDB1 #AFB4BD

square

#BDAFBB #BDB8AF #AFBDB1 #AFB4BD

split-complementary

#BDAFBB #B4BDAF #AFBDB8

monochromatic

#846D81 #A18D9E #BDAFBB #D9D1D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDAFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BDAFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFBB

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFBB	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.023 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6cf',
    500: '#bdafbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdafbb;
$custom-light: #d0c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.02301,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFBB

secondary

#E2E6E3

accent

#945B52

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFBB

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

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