#BD9DBD#BD9DBD

#BD9DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.058 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DBD
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 17.45, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 21.20, 325.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0481 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.058 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2274, 38.6077, 53.3618)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DBD #9DBD9D

analogous

#AD9DBD #BD9DBD #BD9DAD

triadic

#BD9DBD #BDBD9D #9DBDBD

tetradic

#BD9DBD #BDAD9D #9DBD9D #9DADBD

square

#BD9DBD #BDAD9D #9DBD9D #9DADBD

split-complementary

#BD9DBD #ADBD9D #9DBDAD

monochromatic

#865A86 #A478A4 #BD9DBD #D6C2D6 #EEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BD9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BD9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DBD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DBD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.058 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bad0',
    500: '#bd9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9dbd;
$custom-light: #d1bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73487,
    "c": 0.0579,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DBD

secondary

#D6E0D6

accent

#9E4848

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DBD

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

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