#BD9FBB#BD9FBB

#BD9FBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.052 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9FBB
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(304, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 15.96, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 18.99, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0443 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.052 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3530, 39.2038, 52.3400)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9FBB #9FBDA1

analogous

#B09FBD #BD9FBB #BD9FAC

triadic

#BD9FBB #BBBD9F #9FBBBD

tetradic

#BD9FBB #BDB09F #9FBDA1 #9FACBD

square

#BD9FBB #BDB09F #9FBDA1 #9FACBD

split-complementary

#BD9FBB #ACBD9F #9FBDB0

monochromatic

#865C83 #A47BA1 #BD9FBB #D6C3D5 #EFE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BD9FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BD9FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9FBB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9FBB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.052 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbcf',
    500: '#bd9fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9fbb;
$custom-light: #d1bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.05214,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9FBB

secondary

#D7E0D8

accent

#9D4E49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9FBB

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

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