#BDAFBF#BDAFBF

#BDAFBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.027 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFBF
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 11%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(293, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 7.93, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 10.14, 321.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0215 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.027 322)
XYZ	xyz(45.7188, 45.2407, 55.6039)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFBF #B1BFAF

analogous

#B5AFBF #BDAFBF #BFAFB9

triadic

#BDAFBF #BFBDAF #AFBFBD

tetradic

#BDAFBF #BFB5AF #B1BFAF #AFB9BF

square

#BDAFBF #BFB5AF #B1BFAF #AFB9BF

split-complementary

#BDAFBF #B9BFAF #AFBFB5

monochromatic

#846C87 #A18DA4 #BDAFBF #D9D1DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDAFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDAFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFBF

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFBF	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.027 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d2',
    500: '#bdafbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdafbf;
$custom-light: #d0c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77067,
    "c": 0.0273,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.4524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFBF

secondary

#E3E7E3

accent

#955059

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFBF

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

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