#BD8CAA#BD8CAA

#BD8CAA is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.072 H 341.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CAA
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(323, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(323, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 23.42, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 24.90, 340.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0681 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.072 341.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6198, 32.4787, 42.3098)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CAA #8CBD9F

analogous

#B88CBD #BD8CAA #BD8C92

triadic

#BD8CAA #AABD8C #8CAABD

tetradic

#BD8CAA #BDB88C #8CBD9F #8C92BD

square

#BD8CAA #BDB88C #8CBD9F #8C92BD

split-complementary

#BD8CAA #92BD8C #8CBDB8

monochromatic

#834B6E #A7658D #BD8CAA #D3B3C7 #EADAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BD8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CAA

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CAA	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.072 341.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aec3',
    500: '#bd8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8caa;
$custom-light: #d1aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.265,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69646,
    "c": 0.07164,
    "h": 341.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CAA

secondary

#CADBD1

accent

#A66740

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F7

border

#D2CED0

text

#141012

muted

#827F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CAA

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

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