#BDB2BE#BDB2BE

#BDB2BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.021 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2BE
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(295, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, 6.10, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 7.70, 322.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0166 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.021 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1995, 46.3776, 55.2231)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2BE #B3BEB2

analogous

#B7B2BE #BDB2BE #BEB2B9

triadic

#BDB2BE #BEBDB2 #B2BEBD

tetradic

#BDB2BE #BEB7B2 #B3BEB2 #B2B9BE

square

#BDB2BE #BEB7B2 #B3BEB2 #B2B9BE

split-complementary

#BDB2BE #B9BEB2 #B2BEB7

monochromatic

#837085 #A191A2 #BDB2BE #D9D3DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BDB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2BE

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2BE	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.021 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d1',
    500: '#bdb2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2be;
$custom-light: #d0c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77635,
    "c": 0.02077,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#925358

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2BE

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

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