#BD9ABC#BD9ABC

#BD9ABC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.062 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9ABC
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(302, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(302, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 18.92, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 22.76, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0524 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.062 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6179, 37.5618, 52.6250)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9ABC #9ABD9B

analogous

#AD9ABD #BD9ABC #BD9AAB

triadic

#BD9ABC #BCBD9A #9ABCBD

tetradic

#BD9ABC #BDAD9A #9ABD9B #9AABBD

square

#BD9ABC #BDAD9A #9ABD9B #9AABBD

split-complementary

#BD9ABC #ABBD9A #9ABDAD

monochromatic

#855784 #A575A3 #BD9ABC #D5BFD5 #EDE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BD9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BD9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9ABC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9ABC	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.062 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8d0',
    500: '#bd9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9abc;
$custom-light: #d1b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.714,
    "s": 20.958,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.06235,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9ABC

secondary

#D4DFD4

accent

#9F4946

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9ABC

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

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