#BDB1CD#BDB1CD

#BDB1CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.041 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB1CD
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, 9.57, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 15.83, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0236 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.041 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7259, 46.6710, 64.2399)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB1CD #C1CDB1

analogous

#B1B3CD #BDB1CD #CBB1CD

triadic

#BDB1CD #CDBDB1 #B1CDBD

tetradic

#BDB1CD #CDB1B3 #C1CDB1 #B1CDCB

square

#BDB1CD #CDB1B3 #C1CDB1 #B1CDCB

split-complementary

#BDB1CD #CDCBB1 #B3CDB1

monochromatic

#7E669D #9D8CB5 #BDB1CD #DDD6E5 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BDB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB1CD

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB1CD	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.041 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8dc',
    500: '#bdb1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb1cd;
$custom-light: #d1c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.04134,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB1CD

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A04579

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB1CD

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

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