#BDA8BE#BDA8BE

#BDA8BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.039 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8BE
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 11.57, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 14.33, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0317 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.039 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2819, 42.5423, 54.5839)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8BE #A9BEA8

analogous

#B2A8BE #BDA8BE #BEA8B4

triadic

#BDA8BE #BEBDA8 #A8BEBD

tetradic

#BDA8BE #BEB2A8 #A9BEA8 #A8B4BE

square

#BDA8BE #BEB2A8 #A9BEA8 #A8B4BE

split-complementary

#BDA8BE #B4BEA8 #A8BEB2

monochromatic

#856587 #A285A4 #BDA8BE #D8CBD8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8BE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8BE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.039 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1d1',
    500: '#bda8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8be;
$custom-light: #d1c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8BE

secondary

#DEE4DE

accent

#994D50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8BE

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

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