#BDB2CB#BDB2CB

#BDB2CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.037 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2CB
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, 8.63, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 14.16, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0214 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.037 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6842, 46.9715, 63.0426)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2CB #C0CBB2

analogous

#B2B4CB #BDB2CB #CAB2CB

triadic

#BDB2CB #CBBDB2 #B2CBBD

tetradic

#BDB2CB #CBB2B4 #C0CBB2 #B2CBCA

square

#BDB2CB #CBB2B4 #C0CBB2 #B2CBCA

split-complementary

#BDB2CB #CBCAB2 #B4CBB2

monochromatic

#7E699A #9E8DB2 #BDB2CB #DCD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BDB2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2CB

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2CB	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.037 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9da',
    500: '#bdb2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2cb;
$custom-light: #d1c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 19.38,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78059,
    "c": 0.037,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E4878

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2CB

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

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