#BD9BBB#BD9BBB

#BD9BBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.059 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BBB
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(304, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(304, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 18.18, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 21.65, 327.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0505 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.059 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6762, 37.8503, 52.1145)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BBB #9BBD9D

analogous

#AE9BBD #BD9BBB #BD9BAA

triadic

#BD9BBB #BBBD9B #9BBBBD

tetradic

#BD9BBB #BDAE9B #9BBD9D #9BAABD

square

#BD9BBB #BDAE9B #9BBD9D #9BAABD

split-complementary

#BD9BBB #AABD9B #9BBDAE

monochromatic

#855883 #A576A2 #BD9BBB #D5C0D4 #EEE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BD9BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BD9BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BBB

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BBB	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.059 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8cf',
    500: '#bd9bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bbb;
$custom-light: #d1b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73037,
    "c": 0.05948,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BBB

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9F4C47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BBB

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

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