#BDB0CA#BDB0CA

#BDB0CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.039 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB0CA
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(270, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, 9.52, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 14.92, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.024 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.039 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1704, 46.1339, 62.2854)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB0CA #BDCAB0

analogous

#B0B0CA #BDB0CA #CAB0CA

triadic

#BDB0CA #CABDB0 #B0CABD

tetradic

#BDB0CA #CAB0B0 #BDCAB0 #B0CACA

square

#BDB0CA #CAB0B0 #BDCAB0 #B0CACA

split-complementary

#BDB0CA #CACAB0 #B0CAB0

monochromatic

#806799 #9E8BB1 #BDB0CA #DCD5E3 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDB0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB0CA

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB0CA	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.039 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c7da',
    500: '#bdb0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb0ca;
$custom-light: #d1c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 19.697,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77629,
    "c": 0.0391,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB0CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E4773

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB0CA

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

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