#BDBAC8#BDBAC8

#BDBAC8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.020 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAC8
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(253, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 3.70, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 7.63, 299.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.0086 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.02 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9686, 50.1067, 61.7241)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAC8 #C5C8BA

analogous

#BABEC8 #BDBAC8 #C4BAC8

triadic

#BDBAC8 #C8BDBA #BAC8BD

tetradic

#BDBAC8 #C8BABE #C5C8BA #BAC8C4

square

#BDBAC8 #C8BABE #C5C8BA #BAC8C4

split-complementary

#BDBAC8 #C8C4BA #BEC8BA

monochromatic

#7C7692 #9C98AD #BDBAC8 #DEDCE3 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDBAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAC8

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAC8	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.020 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced8',
    500: '#bdbac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbac8;
$custom-light: #d0ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79564,
    "c": 0.0198,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAC8

secondary

#989C8B

accent

#955087

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAC8

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

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