#BD8AAD#BD8AAD

#BD8AAD is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.078 H 338.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AAD
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(319, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(319, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 25.05, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 27.26, 336.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0723 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.078 338.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6172, 32.0144, 43.7249)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AAD #8ABD9A

analogous

#B48ABD #BD8AAD #BD8A94

triadic

#BD8AAD #ADBD8A #8AADBD

tetradic

#BD8AAD #BDB48A #8ABD9A #8A94BD

square

#BD8AAD #BDB48A #8ABD9A #8A94BD

split-complementary

#BD8AAD #94BD8A #8ABDB4

monochromatic

#834A71 #A76392 #BD8AAD #D3B1C8 #E9D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BD8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BD8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AAD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AAD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.078 338.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acc5',
    500: '#bd8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8aad;
$custom-light: #d1acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.824,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69385,
    "c": 0.07768,
    "h": 338.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AAD

secondary

#C9DACE

accent

#A65F3F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AAD

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

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