#BDB1CE#BDB1CE

#BDB1CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.043 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB1CE
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 23%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, 9.77, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 16.35, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.024 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.043 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8469, 46.7194, 64.8776)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB1CE #C2CEB1

analogous

#B1B3CE #BDB1CE #CCB1CE

triadic

#BDB1CE #CEBDB1 #B1CEBD

tetradic

#BDB1CE #CEB1B3 #C2CEB1 #B1CECC

square

#BDB1CE #CEB1B3 #C2CEB1 #B1CECC

split-complementary

#BDB1CE #CECCB1 #B3CEB1

monochromatic

#7D669F #9D8BB6 #BDB1CE #DDD7E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDB1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB1CE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB1CE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.043 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8dd',
    500: '#bdb1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb1ce;
$custom-light: #d1c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 22.835,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.04266,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB1CE

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A1447B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB1CE

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

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