#BD9BBD#BD9BBD

#BD9BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.062 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BBD
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 18.55, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 22.54, 325.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0512 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.062 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8918, 37.9365, 53.2499)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BBD #9BBD9B

analogous

#AC9BBD #BD9BBD #BD9BAC

triadic

#BD9BBD #BDBD9B #9BBDBD

tetradic

#BD9BBD #BDAC9B #9BBD9B #9BACBD

square

#BD9BBD #BDAC9B #9BBD9B #9BACBD

split-complementary

#BD9BBD #ACBD9B #9BBDAC

monochromatic

#855885 #A576A5 #BD9BBD #D5C0D5 #EEE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BD9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BD9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BBD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BBD	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.062 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8d0',
    500: '#bd9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bbd;
$custom-light: #d1b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73107,
    "c": 0.06156,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BBD

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9F4747

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BBD

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

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