#BDA8BA#BDA8BA

#BDA8BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.035 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8BA
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(309, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(309, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 10.81, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 12.58, 329.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0302 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.035 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8507, 42.3699, 52.3130)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8BA #A8BDAB

analogous

#B5A8BD #BDA8BA #BDA8B0

triadic

#BDA8BA #BABDA8 #A8BABD

tetradic

#BDA8BA #BDB5A8 #A8BDAB #A8B0BD

square

#BDA8BA #BDB5A8 #A8BDAB #A8B0BD

split-complementary

#BDA8BA #B0BDA8 #A8BDB5

monochromatic

#856581 #A3859E #BDA8BA #D7CBD6 #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BDA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8BA

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8BA	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.035 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1ce',
    500: '#bda8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8ba;
$custom-light: #d1c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.03468,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8BA

secondary

#DDE3DE

accent

#98584E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8BA

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

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