#BDB0BB#BDB0BB

#BDB0BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.021 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB0BB
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 187)
HSL	hsl(309, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(309, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 6.63, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 7.70, 329.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0185 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.021 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4800, 45.4577, 53.3824)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB0BB #B0BDB2

analogous

#B9B0BD #BDB0BB #BDB0B5

triadic

#BDB0BB #BBBDB0 #B0BBBD

tetradic

#BDB0BB #BDB9B0 #B0BDB2 #B0B5BD

square

#BDB0BB #BDB9B0 #B0BDB2 #B0B5BD

split-complementary

#BDB0BB #B5BDB0 #B0BDB9

monochromatic

#846E81 #A18F9E #BDB0BB #D9D1D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BDB0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB0BB

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB0BB	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.021 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7cf',
    500: '#bdb0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb0bb;
$custom-light: #d0c7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7714,
    "c": 0.02121,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB0BB

secondary

#E3E6E3

accent

#935C53

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB0BB

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

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