#BDA3BE#BDA3BE

#BDA3BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.048 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA3BE
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 14.32, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 17.66, 324.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0393 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.048 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3765, 40.7316, 54.2821)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA3BE #A4BEA3

analogous

#B0A3BE #BDA3BE #BEA3B2

triadic

#BDA3BE #BEBDA3 #A3BEBD

tetradic

#BDA3BE #BEB0A3 #A4BEA3 #A3B2BE

square

#BDA3BE #BEB0A3 #A4BEA3 #A3B2BE

split-complementary

#BDA3BE #B2BEA3 #A3BEB0

monochromatic

#865F87 #A37FA5 #BDA3BE #D7C7D7 #F0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BDA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BDA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA3BE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA3BE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.048 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bed1',
    500: '#bda3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda3be;
$custom-light: #d1bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74675,
    "c": 0.04799,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA3BE

secondary

#DBE2DA

accent

#9B4A4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA3BE

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

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