#BDA5BE#BDA5BE

#BDA5BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.044 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5BE
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 13.22, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 16.32, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0362 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.044 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7344, 41.4474, 54.4014)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5BE #A6BEA5

analogous

#B1A5BE #BDA5BE #BEA5B3

triadic

#BDA5BE #BEBDA5 #A5BEBD

tetradic

#BDA5BE #BEB1A5 #A6BEA5 #A5B3BE

square

#BDA5BE #BEB1A5 #A6BEA5 #A5B3BE

split-complementary

#BDA5BE #B3BEA5 #A5BEB1

monochromatic

#866287 #A381A4 #BDA5BE #D7C9D8 #F1ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BDA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BDA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5BE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5BE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.044 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfd1',
    500: '#bda5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5be;
$custom-light: #d1bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.04434,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5BE

secondary

#DCE3DC

accent

#9A4B4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5BE

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

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