#BDB1CA#BDB1CA

#BDB1CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.037 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB1CA
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(269, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 8.97, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 14.28, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0225 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.037 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3672, 46.5275, 62.3510)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB1CA #BECAB1

analogous

#B1B2CA #BDB1CA #CAB1CA

triadic

#BDB1CA #CABDB1 #B1CABD

tetradic

#BDB1CA #CAB1B2 #BECAB1 #B1CACA

square

#BDB1CA #CAB1B2 #BECAB1 #B1CACA

split-complementary

#BDB1CA #CACAB1 #B2CAB1

monochromatic

#7F6898 #9E8DB1 #BDB1CA #DCD5E3 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDB1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB1CA

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB1CA	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)

#ADB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.037 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8da',
    500: '#bdb1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb1ca;
$custom-light: #d1c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 19.084,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77827,
    "c": 0.03738,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB1CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4874

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB1CA

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

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