#BDA8BF#BDA8BF

#BDA8BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.040 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8BF
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 11.76, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 14.78, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.032 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.04 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3915, 42.5862, 55.1615)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8BF #AABFA8

analogous

#B1A8BF #BDA8BF #BFA8B5

triadic

#BDA8BF #BFBDA8 #A8BFBD

tetradic

#BDA8BF #BFB1A8 #AABFA8 #A8B5BF

square

#BDA8BF #BFB1A8 #AABFA8 #A8B5BF

split-complementary

#BDA8BF #B5BFA8 #A8BFB1

monochromatic

#856488 #A285A5 #BDA8BF #D8CBD9 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8BF

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8BF	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.040 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1d2',
    500: '#bda8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8bf;
$custom-light: #d1c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75683,
    "c": 0.03998,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8BF

secondary

#DFE5DE

accent

#994C53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8BF

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

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