#BDA9BB#BDA9BB

#BDA9BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.034 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9BB
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(306, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(306, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 10.45, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 12.34, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0291 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.034 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1427, 42.7832, 52.9366)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9BB #A9BDAB

analogous

#B5A9BD #BDA9BB #BDA9B1

triadic

#BDA9BB #BBBDA9 #A9BBBD

tetradic

#BDA9BB #BDB5A9 #A9BDAB #A9B1BD

square

#BDA9BB #BDB5A9 #A9BDAB #A9B1BD

split-complementary

#BDA9BB #B1BDA9 #A9BDB5

monochromatic

#856682 #A286A0 #BDA9BB #D8CCD6 #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BDA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9BB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9BB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.034 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2cf',
    500: '#bda9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9bb;
$custom-light: #d1c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75749,
    "c": 0.03388,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9BB

secondary

#DEE4DF

accent

#97564E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9BB

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

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