#BDA0BD#BDA0BD

#BDA0BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.052 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA0BD
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 15.79, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 19.21, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0435 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.052 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7412, 39.6353, 53.5331)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA0BD #A0BDA0

analogous

#AEA0BD #BDA0BD #BDA0AE

triadic

#BDA0BD #BDBDA0 #A0BDBD

tetradic

#BDA0BD #BDAEA0 #A0BDA0 #A0AEBD

square

#BDA0BD #BDAEA0 #A0BDA0 #A0AEBD

split-complementary

#BDA0BD #AEBDA0 #A0BDAE

monochromatic

#865D86 #A47CA4 #BDA0BD #D6C4D6 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BDA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BDA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA0BD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA0BD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.052 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcd0',
    500: '#bda0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda0bd;
$custom-light: #d1bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74062,
    "c": 0.0524,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA0BD

secondary

#D8E1D8

accent

#9C4949

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA0BD

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

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