#BD9BBF#BD9BBF

#BD9BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.064 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BBF
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(297, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(297, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 18.94, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 23.44, 323.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0518 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.064 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1104, 38.0239, 54.4011)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BBF #9DBF9B

analogous

#AB9BBF #BD9BBF #BF9BAF

triadic

#BD9BBF #BFBD9B #9BBFBD

tetradic

#BD9BBF #BFAB9B #9DBF9B #9BAFBF

square

#BD9BBF #BFAB9B #9DBF9B #9BAFBF

split-complementary

#BD9BBF #AFBF9B #9BBFAB

monochromatic

#865788 #A476A7 #BD9BBF #D6C0D7 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BD9BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BD9BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BBF

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BBF	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.064 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8d2',
    500: '#bd9bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bbf;
$custom-light: #d1b8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.06372,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BBF

secondary

#D6E0D5

accent

#A0454A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BBF

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

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