#BDA9BA#BDA9BA

#BDA9BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.033 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9BA
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(309, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(309, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 10.26, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 11.92, 329.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0287 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.033 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0360, 42.7405, 52.3748)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9BA #A9BDAC

analogous

#B6A9BD #BDA9BA #BDA9B0

triadic

#BDA9BA #BABDA9 #A9BABD

tetradic

#BDA9BA #BDB6A9 #A9BDAC #A9B0BD

square

#BDA9BA #BDB6A9 #A9BDAC #A9B0BD

split-complementary

#BDA9BA #B0BDA9 #A9BDB6

monochromatic

#856681 #A2869E #BDA9BA #D8CCD6 #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BDA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9BA

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9BA	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.033 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2ce',
    500: '#bda9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9ba;
$custom-light: #d1c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75716,
    "c": 0.03287,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9BA

secondary

#DEE4DF

accent

#97594E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9BA

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

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