#BDA5BD#BDA5BD

#BDA5BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.043 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5BD
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 13.03, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 15.88, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.0359 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.043 326)
XYZ	xyz(43.6255, 41.4038, 53.8278)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5BD #A5BDA5

analogous

#B1A5BD #BDA5BD #BDA5B1

triadic

#BDA5BD #BDBDA5 #A5BDBD

tetradic

#BDA5BD #BDB1A5 #A5BDA5 #A5B1BD

square

#BDA5BD #BDB1A5 #A5BDA5 #A5B1BD

split-complementary

#BDA5BD #B1BDA5 #A5BDB1

monochromatic

#866286 #A382A3 #BDA5BD #D7C8D7 #F1ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BDA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5BD

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5BD	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.043 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfd0',
    500: '#bda5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5bd;
$custom-light: #d1bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.04326,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5BD

secondary

#DBE2DB

accent

#9A4C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5BD

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

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