#BD9ABE#BD9ABE

#BD9ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.064 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9ABE
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(298, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 19.30, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 23.65, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.053 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.064 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8350, 37.6486, 53.7683)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9ABE #9BBE9A

analogous

#AB9ABE #BD9ABE #BE9AAD

triadic

#BD9ABE #BEBD9A #9ABEBD

tetradic

#BD9ABE #BEAB9A #9BBE9A #9AADBE

square

#BD9ABE #BEAB9A #9BBE9A #9AADBE

split-complementary

#BD9ABE #ADBE9A #9ABEAB

monochromatic

#855787 #A575A6 #BD9ABE #D5BFD6 #EEE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BD9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BD9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9ABE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9ABE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.064 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8d1',
    500: '#bd9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9abe;
$custom-light: #d1b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.333,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.06447,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9ABE

secondary

#D5E0D4

accent

#A04548

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9ABE

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

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