#BDAFBD#BDAFBD

#BDAFBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.025 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFBD
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, 7.55, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 9.23, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0208 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.025 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5002, 45.1533, 54.4527)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFBD #AFBDAF

analogous

#B6AFBD #BDAFBD #BDAFB6

triadic

#BDAFBD #BDBDAF #AFBDBD

tetradic

#BDAFBD #BDB6AF #AFBDAF #AFB6BD

square

#BDAFBD #BDB6AF #AFBDAF #AFB6BD

split-complementary

#BDAFBD #B6BDAF #AFBDB6

monochromatic

#846D84 #A18DA1 #BDAFBD #D9D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDAFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BDAFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFBD

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFBD	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.025 325.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.0251,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFBD

secondary

#E2E6E2

accent

#945252

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFBD

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

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