#BDB1BD#BDB1BD

#BDB1BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.021 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB1BD
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 6.46, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 7.91, 324.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% 0.0178 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.021 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8924, 45.9376, 54.5834)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB1BD #B1BDB1

analogous

#B7B1BD #BDB1BD #BDB1B7

triadic

#BDB1BD #BDBDB1 #B1BDBD

tetradic

#BDB1BD #BDB7B1 #B1BDB1 #B1B7BD

square

#BDB1BD #BDB7B1 #B1BDB1 #B1B7BD

split-complementary

#BDB1BD #B7BDB1 #B1BDB7

monochromatic

#847084 #A190A1 #BDB1BD #D9D2D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BDB1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB1BD

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB1BD	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.021 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8d0',
    500: '#bdb1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb1bd;
$custom-light: #d0c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77403,
    "c": 0.02148,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB1BD

secondary

#E3E6E3

accent

#925353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB1BD

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

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