#BDA8BB#BDA8BB

#BDA8BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.036 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8BB
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(306, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(306, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 11.00, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 13.00, 327.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0306 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.036 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9574, 42.4125, 52.8748)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8BB #A8BDAA

analogous

#B4A8BD #BDA8BB #BDA8B1

triadic

#BDA8BB #BBBDA8 #A8BBBD

tetradic

#BDA8BB #BDB4A8 #A8BDAA #A8B1BD

square

#BDA8BB #BDB4A8 #A8BDAA #A8B1BD

split-complementary

#BDA8BB #B1BDA8 #A8BDB4

monochromatic

#856582 #A385A0 #BDA8BB #D7CBD6 #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8BB

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8BB	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.036 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1cf',
    500: '#bda8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8bb;
$custom-light: #d1c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.0357,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8BB

secondary

#DDE3DE

accent

#98554E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8BB

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

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