#BDB2C8#BDB2C8

#BDB2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.033 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2C8
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 8.03, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 12.61, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.0204 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.033 308)
XYZ	xyz(47.3302, 46.8299, 61.1780)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2C8 #BDC8B2

analogous

#B2B2C8 #BDB2C8 #C8B2C8

triadic

#BDB2C8 #C8BDB2 #B2C8BD

tetradic

#BDB2C8 #C8B2B2 #BDC8B2 #B2C8C8

square

#BDB2C8 #C8B2B2 #BDC8B2 #B2C8C8

split-complementary

#BDB2C8 #C8C8B2 #B2C8B2

monochromatic

#806B95 #9E8EAF #BDB2C8 #DCD6E2 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BDB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2C8

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2C8	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.033 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9d8',
    500: '#bdb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2c8;
$custom-light: #d1c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77958,
    "c": 0.03306,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.4683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2C8

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

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