#BDB3BF#BDB3BF

#BDB3BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.020 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3BF
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(290, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 5.75, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 7.50, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% 0.0155 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.02 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5089, 46.8209, 55.8673)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3BF #B5BFB3

analogous

#B7B3BF #BDB3BF #BFB3BB

triadic

#BDB3BF #BFBDB3 #B3BFBD

tetradic

#BDB3BF #BFB7B3 #B5BFB3 #B3BBBF

square

#BDB3BF #BFB7B3 #B5BFB3 #B3BBBF

split-complementary

#BDB3BF #BBBFB3 #B3BFB7

monochromatic

#837186 #A092A3 #BDB3BF #DAD4DB #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BDB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3BF

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3BF	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.020 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d2',
    500: '#bdb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3bf;
$custom-light: #d0c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77867,
    "c": 0.02011,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3BF

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#93535E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3BF

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

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