#BD9FBC#BD9FBC

#BD9FBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.053 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9FBC
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(302, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 16.15, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 19.43, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0447 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.053 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4604, 39.2467, 52.9058)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9FBC #9FBDA0

analogous

#AF9FBD #BD9FBC #BD9FAD

triadic

#BD9FBC #BCBD9F #9FBCBD

tetradic

#BD9FBC #BDAF9F #9FBDA0 #9FADBD

square

#BD9FBC #BDAF9F #9FBDA0 #9FADBD

split-complementary

#BD9FBC #ADBD9F #9FBDAF

monochromatic

#865C84 #A47BA3 #BD9FBC #D6C3D5 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BD9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BD9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9FBC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9FBC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.053 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbd0',
    500: '#bd9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9fbc;
$custom-light: #d1bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73835,
    "c": 0.05318,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9FBC

secondary

#D7E0D8

accent

#9D4B49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9FBC

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

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