#BDB2C2#BDB2C2

#BDB2C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.025 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2C2
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(281, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(281, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 6.87, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 9.60, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0181 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.025 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6427, 46.5549, 57.5573)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2C2 #B7C2B2

analogous

#B5B2C2 #BDB2C2 #C2B2BF

triadic

#BDB2C2 #C2BDB2 #B2C2BD

tetradic

#BDB2C2 #C2B5B2 #B7C2B2 #B2BFC2

square

#BDB2C2 #C2B5B2 #B7C2B2 #B2BFC2

split-complementary

#BDB2C2 #BFC2B2 #B2C2B5

monochromatic

#826E8B #A090A7 #BDB2C2 #DAD4DD #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDB2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2C2

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2C2	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.025 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d4',
    500: '#bdb2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2c2;
$custom-light: #d0c9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 11.594,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77762,
    "c": 0.02546,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2C2

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#965066

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2C2

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

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