#BDA8BC#BDA8BC

#BDA8BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.037 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8BC
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(303, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 11.19, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 13.44, 326.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.031 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.037 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0648, 42.4555, 53.4406)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8BC #A8BDA9

analogous

#B3A8BD #BDA8BC #BDA8B2

triadic

#BDA8BC #BCBDA8 #A8BCBD

tetradic

#BDA8BC #BDB3A8 #A8BDA9 #A8B2BD

square

#BDA8BC #BDB3A8 #A8BDA9 #A8B2BD

split-complementary

#BDA8BC #B2BDA8 #A8BDB3

monochromatic

#856584 #A385A1 #BDA8BC #D7CBD7 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BDA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8BC

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8BC	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.037 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1d0',
    500: '#bda8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8bc;
$custom-light: #d1c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75584,
    "c": 0.03674,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8BC

secondary

#DDE3DE

accent

#98514E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8BC

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

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