#BDB0BD#BDB0BD

#BDB0BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.023 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB0BD
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 7.00, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 8.57, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0193 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.023 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6956, 45.5440, 54.5178)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB0BD #B0BDB0

analogous

#B7B0BD #BDB0BD #BDB0B7

triadic

#BDB0BD #BDBDB0 #B0BDBD

tetradic

#BDB0BD #BDB7B0 #B0BDB0 #B0B7BD

square

#BDB0BD #BDB7B0 #B0BDB0 #B0B7BD

split-complementary

#BDB0BD #B7BDB0 #B0BDB7

monochromatic

#846E84 #A18FA1 #BDB0BD #D9D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BDB0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB0BD

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB0BD	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.023 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d0',
    500: '#bdb0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb0bd;
$custom-light: #d0c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77203,
    "c": 0.02329,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB0BD

secondary

#E3E6E3

accent

#935353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB0BD

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

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