#BDB1BC#BDB1BC

#BDB1BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.020 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB1BC
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(305, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(305, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 6.27, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 7.47, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0174 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.02 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7842, 45.8943, 54.0137)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB1BC #B1BDB2

analogous

#B8B1BD #BDB1BC #BDB1B6

triadic

#BDB1BC #BCBDB1 #B1BCBD

tetradic

#BDB1BC #BDB8B1 #B1BDB2 #B1B6BD

square

#BDB1BC #BDB8B1 #B1BDB2 #B1B6BD

split-complementary

#BDB1BC #B6BDB1 #B1BDB8

monochromatic

#847082 #A190A0 #BDB1BC #D9D2D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BDB1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB1BC

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB1BC	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.020 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8d0',
    500: '#bdb1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb1bc;
$custom-light: #d0c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.02042,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB1BC

secondary

#E3E6E4

accent

#925853

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB1BC

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

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