#BDB1BF#BDB1BF

#BDB1BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.024 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB1BF
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, 6.84, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 8.82, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0185 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.024 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1109, 46.0250, 55.7347)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB1BF #B3BFB1

analogous

#B6B1BF #BDB1BF #BFB1BA

triadic

#BDB1BF #BFBDB1 #B1BFBD

tetradic

#BDB1BF #BFB6B1 #B3BFB1 #B1BABF

square

#BDB1BF #BFB6B1 #B3BFB1 #B1BABF

split-complementary

#BDB1BF #BABFB1 #B1BFB6

monochromatic

#836F87 #A18FA3 #BDB1BF #D9D3DB #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BDB1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB1BF

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB1BF	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)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.024 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8d2',
    500: '#bdb1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb1bf;
$custom-light: #d0c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77466,
    "c": 0.0237,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB1BF

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#94525B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB1BF

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

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