#BD9DBF#BD9DBF

#BD9DBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.060 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DBF
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(296, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 17.83, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 22.11, 323.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0488 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.06 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4460, 38.6951, 54.5130)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DBF #9FBF9D

analogous

#AC9DBF #BD9DBF #BF9DB0

triadic

#BD9DBF #BFBD9D #9DBFBD

tetradic

#BD9DBF #BFAC9D #9FBF9D #9DB0BF

square

#BD9DBF #BFAC9D #9FBF9D #9DB0BF

split-complementary

#BD9DBF #B0BF9D #9DBFAC

monochromatic

#865988 #A478A7 #BD9DBF #D6C2D7 #EFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BD9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BD9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DBF

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DBF	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.060 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bad2',
    500: '#bd9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9dbf;
$custom-light: #d1bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.06005,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DBF

secondary

#D7E1D7

accent

#9F464B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DBF

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

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