#BDB2CA#BDB2CA

#BDB2CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.036 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2CA
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 8.43, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 13.64, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% 0.0211 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.036 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5654, 46.9240, 62.4171)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2CA #BFCAB2

analogous

#B2B3CA #BDB2CA #C9B2CA

triadic

#BDB2CA #CABDB2 #B2CABD

tetradic

#BDB2CA #CAB2B3 #BFCAB2 #B2CAC9

square

#BDB2CA #CAB2B3 #BFCAB2 #B2CAC9

split-complementary

#BDB2CA #CAC9B2 #B3CAB2

monochromatic

#7F6A98 #9E8EB1 #BDB2CA #DCD6E3 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDB2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2CA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2CA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.036 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9da',
    500: '#bdb2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2ca;
$custom-light: #d1c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78025,
    "c": 0.03568,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4976

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2CA

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

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