#BDA9BF#BDA9BF

#BDA9BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.038 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9BF
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 11.21, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 14.12, 322.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0305 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.038 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5769, 42.9568, 55.2233)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9BF #ABBFA9

analogous

#B2A9BF #BDA9BF #BFA9B6

triadic

#BDA9BF #BFBDA9 #A9BFBD

tetradic

#BDA9BF #BFB2A9 #ABBFA9 #A9B6BF

square

#BDA9BF #BFB2A9 #ABBFA9 #A9B6BF

split-complementary

#BDA9BF #B6BFA9 #A9BFB2

monochromatic

#856588 #A286A5 #BDA9BF #D8CCD9 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9BF

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9BF	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.038 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2d2',
    500: '#bda9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9bf;
$custom-light: #d1c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.03816,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9BF

secondary

#DFE5DF

accent

#994D54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9BF

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

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