#BDB0CB#BDB0CB

#BDB0CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.040 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB0CB
RGB	rgb(189, 176, 203)
HSL	hsl(269, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 9.72, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 15.43, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0244 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.04 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2892, 46.1814, 62.9110)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB0CB #BECBB0

analogous

#B0B1CB #BDB0CB #CBB0CB

triadic

#BDB0CB #CBBDB0 #B0CBBD

tetradic

#BDB0CB #CBB0B1 #BECBB0 #B0CBCB

square

#BDB0CB #CBB0B1 #BECBB0 #B0CBCB

split-complementary

#BDB0CB #CBCBB0 #B1CBB0

monochromatic

#7F669A #9E8BB3 #BDB0CB #DCD5E3 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDB0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB0CB

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB0CB	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 176, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.040 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c7da',
    500: '#bdb0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb0cb;
$custom-light: #d1c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 20.611,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77663,
    "c": 0.0404,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB0CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9F4774

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB0CB

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

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