#BDAFBE#BDAFBE

#BDAFBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.026 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFBE
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(296, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 7.74, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 9.68, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0211 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.026 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6091, 45.1968, 55.0264)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFBE #B0BEAF

analogous

#B6AFBE #BDAFBE #BEAFB8

triadic

#BDAFBE #BEBDAF #AFBEBD

tetradic

#BDAFBE #BEB6AF #B0BEAF #AFB8BE

square

#BDAFBE #BEB6AF #B0BEAF #AFB8BE

split-complementary

#BDAFBE #B8BEAF #AFBEB6

monochromatic

#846D86 #A18DA3 #BDAFBE #D9D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDAFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDAFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFBE

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFBE	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.026 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d1',
    500: '#bdafbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdafbe;
$custom-light: #d0c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.02618,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFBE

secondary

#E3E6E2

accent

#945156

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFBE

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

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