#BDA9BC#BDA9BC

#BDA9BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.035 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9BC
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(303, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(303, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 10.64, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 12.77, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0294 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.035 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2501, 42.8261, 53.5024)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9BC #A9BDAA

analogous

#B4A9BD #BDA9BC #BDA9B2

triadic

#BDA9BC #BCBDA9 #A9BCBD

tetradic

#BDA9BC #BDB4A9 #A9BDAA #A9B2BD

square

#BDA9BC #BDB4A9 #A9BDAA #A9B2BD

split-complementary

#BDA9BC #B2BDA9 #A9BDB4

monochromatic

#856684 #A286A1 #BDA9BC #D8CCD7 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9BC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9BC	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.035 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2d0',
    500: '#bda9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9bc;
$custom-light: #d1c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75781,
    "c": 0.03491,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9BC

secondary

#DEE4DE

accent

#97524E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9BC

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

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