#BDA4C2#BDA4C2

#BDA4C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.051 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA4C2
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 14.54, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 18.84, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0392 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.051 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9979, 41.2654, 56.6757)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA4C2 #A9C2A4

analogous

#AEA4C2 #BDA4C2 #C2A4B8

triadic

#BDA4C2 #C2BDA4 #A4C2BD

tetradic

#BDA4C2 #C2AEA4 #A9C2A4 #A4B8C2

square

#BDA4C2 #C2AEA4 #A9C2A4 #A4B8C2

split-complementary

#BDA4C2 #B8C2A4 #A4C2AE

monochromatic

#855F8D #A27FA9 #BDA4C2 #D8C9DB #F2EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDA4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BDA4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA4C2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA4C2	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.051 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfd4',
    500: '#bda4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda4c2;
$custom-light: #d1bfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.05064,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA4C2

secondary

#DEE5DD

accent

#9E4756

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA4C2

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

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