#BDB0BE#BDB0BE

#BDB0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.024 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB0BE
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(296, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, 7.19, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 9.02, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0196 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.024 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8045, 45.5875, 55.0915)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB0BE #B1BEB0

analogous

#B6B0BE #BDB0BE #BEB0B8

triadic

#BDB0BE #BEBDB0 #B0BEBD

tetradic

#BDB0BE #BEB6B0 #B1BEB0 #B0B8BE

square

#BDB0BE #BEB6B0 #B1BEB0 #B0B8BE

split-complementary

#BDB0BE #B8BEB0 #B0BEB6

monochromatic

#846E86 #A18EA2 #BDB0BE #D9D2DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BDB0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB0BE

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB0BE	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.024 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d1',
    500: '#bdb0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb0be;
$custom-light: #d0c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 9.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77235,
    "c": 0.02437,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB0BE

secondary

#E3E7E3

accent

#945256

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB0BE

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

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