#BDA8BD#BDA8BD

#BDA8BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.038 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8BD
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 11.38, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 13.88, 325.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0313 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.038 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1730, 42.4988, 54.0103)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8BD #A8BDA8

analogous

#B3A8BD #BDA8BD #BDA8B3

triadic

#BDA8BD #BDBDA8 #A8BDBD

tetradic

#BDA8BD #BDB3A8 #A8BDA8 #A8B3BD

square

#BDA8BD #BDB3A8 #A8BDA8 #A8B3BD

split-complementary

#BDA8BD #B3BDA8 #A8BDB3

monochromatic

#856585 #A385A3 #BDA8BD #D7CBD7 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8BD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8BD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.038 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1d0',
    500: '#bda8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8bd;
$custom-light: #d1c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75617,
    "c": 0.03779,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8BD

secondary

#DDE3DD

accent

#984E4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8BD

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

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