#BDA9BD#BDA9BD

#BDA9BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.036 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9BD
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 10.83, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 13.21, 325.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0298 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.036 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3583, 42.8694, 54.0721)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9BD #A9BDA9

analogous

#B3A9BD #BDA9BD #BDA9B3

triadic

#BDA9BD #BDBDA9 #A9BDBD

tetradic

#BDA9BD #BDB3A9 #A9BDA9 #A9B3BD

square

#BDA9BD #BDB3A9 #A9BDA9 #A9B3BD

split-complementary

#BDA9BD #B3BDA9 #A9BDB3

monochromatic

#856685 #A286A2 #BDA9BD #D8CCD8 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BDA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9BD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9BD	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.036 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2d0',
    500: '#bda9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9bd;
$custom-light: #d1c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.03597,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9BD

secondary

#DEE4DE

accent

#974E4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9BD

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

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