#BDA6BD#BDA6BD

#BDA6BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.041 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA6BD
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 12.48, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 15.21, 325.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0344 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.041 326)
XYZ	xyz(43.8066, 41.7660, 53.8882)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA6BD #A6BDA6

analogous

#B2A6BD #BDA6BD #BDA6B2

triadic

#BDA6BD #BDBDA6 #A6BDBD

tetradic

#BDA6BD #BDB2A6 #A6BDA6 #A6B2BD

square

#BDA6BD #BDB2A6 #A6BDA6 #A6B2BD

split-complementary

#BDA6BD #B2BDA6 #A6BDB2

monochromatic

#866386 #A383A3 #BDA6BD #D7C9D7 #F1ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA6BD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA6BD	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.041 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0d0',
    500: '#bda6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda6bd;
$custom-light: #d1c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75225,
    "c": 0.04144,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.41765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA6BD

secondary

#DCE3DC

accent

#994C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA6BD

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

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