#BD9CBB#BD9CBB

#BD9CBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.058 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CBB
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(304, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 17.62, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 20.99, 327.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0489 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.058 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8433, 38.1845, 52.1702)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CBB #9CBD9E

analogous

#AE9CBD #BD9CBB #BD9CAB

triadic

#BD9CBB #BBBD9C #9CBBBD

tetradic

#BD9CBB #BDAE9C #9CBD9E #9CABBD

square

#BD9CBB #BDAE9C #9CBD9E #9CABBD

split-complementary

#BD9CBB #ABBD9C #9CBDAE

monochromatic

#865983 #A577A2 #BD9CBB #D5C1D4 #EEE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BD9CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BD9CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CBB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CBB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.058 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9cf',
    500: '#bd9cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9cbb;
$custom-light: #d1b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.636,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73227,
    "c": 0.05764,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CBB

secondary

#D5E0D6

accent

#9E4C47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CBB

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

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