#BDB1BE#BDB1BE

#BDB1BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.023 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB1BE
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(295, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 6.65, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 8.36, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% 0.0181 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.023 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0013, 45.9811, 55.1571)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB1BE #B2BEB1

analogous

#B7B1BE #BDB1BE #BEB1B9

triadic

#BDB1BE #BEBDB1 #B1BEBD

tetradic

#BDB1BE #BEB7B1 #B2BEB1 #B1B9BE

square

#BDB1BE #BEB7B1 #B2BEB1 #B1B9BE

split-complementary

#BDB1BE #B9BEB1 #B1BEB7

monochromatic

#846F85 #A190A2 #BDB1BE #D9D2DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BDB1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB1BE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB1BE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.023 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8d1',
    500: '#bdb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb1be;
$custom-light: #d0c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77435,
    "c": 0.02258,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB1BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#935257

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB1BE

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

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