#BDA4BE#BDA4BE

#BDA4BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.046 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA4BE
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 13.77, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 16.99, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0377 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.046 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5548, 41.0881, 54.3416)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA4BE #A5BEA4

analogous

#B0A4BE #BDA4BE #BEA4B2

triadic

#BDA4BE #BEBDA4 #A4BEBD

tetradic

#BDA4BE #BEB0A4 #A5BEA4 #A4B2BE

square

#BDA4BE #BEB0A4 #A5BEA4 #A4B2BE

split-complementary

#BDA4BE #B2BEA4 #A4BEB0

monochromatic

#866187 #A380A5 #BDA4BE #D7C8D8 #F1EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BDA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BDA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA4BE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA4BE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.046 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfd1',
    500: '#bda4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda4be;
$custom-light: #d1bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.04616,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA4BE

secondary

#DBE3DB

accent

#9B4B4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA4BE

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

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