#BDB0BC#BDB0BC

#BDB0BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.022 H 328.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB0BC
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(305, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(305, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, 6.82, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 8.13, 326.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0189 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.022 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5874, 45.5007, 53.9481)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB0BC #B0BDB1

analogous

#B8B0BD #BDB0BC #BDB0B6

triadic

#BDB0BC #BCBDB0 #B0BCBD

tetradic

#BDB0BC #BDB8B0 #B0BDB1 #B0B6BD

square

#BDB0BC #BDB8B0 #B0BDB1 #B0B6BD

split-complementary

#BDB0BC #B6BDB0 #B0BDB8

monochromatic

#846E83 #A18FA0 #BDB0BC #D9D1D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB0BC

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB0BC	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.022 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d0',
    500: '#bdb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb0bc;
$custom-light: #d0c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77171,
    "c": 0.02223,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB0BC

secondary

#E3E6E3

accent

#935753

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB0BC

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

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