#BDA9BE#BDA9BE

#BDA9BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.037 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9BE
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 11.02, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 13.66, 323.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0302 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.037 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4672, 42.9130, 54.6457)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9BE #AABEA9

analogous

#B2A9BE #BDA9BE #BEA9B4

triadic

#BDA9BE #BEBDA9 #A9BEBD

tetradic

#BDA9BE #BEB2A9 #AABEA9 #A9B4BE

square

#BDA9BE #BEB2A9 #AABEA9 #A9B4BE

split-complementary

#BDA9BE #B4BEA9 #A9BEB2

monochromatic

#856687 #A286A4 #BDA9BE #D8CCD8 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9BE

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9BE	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.037 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2d1',
    500: '#bda9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9be;
$custom-light: #d1c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75846,
    "c": 0.03706,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9BE

secondary

#DFE4DF

accent

#984D51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9BE

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

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