#BDB2CC#BDB2CC

#BDB2CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.038 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2CC
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(265, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, 8.83, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 14.68, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% 0.0218 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.038 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8038, 47.0193, 63.6723)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2CC #C1CCB2

analogous

#B2B4CC #BDB2CC #CAB2CC

triadic

#BDB2CC #CCBDB2 #B2CCBD

tetradic

#BDB2CC #CCB2B4 #C1CCB2 #B2CCCA

square

#BDB2CC #CCB2B4 #C1CCB2 #B2CCCA

split-complementary

#BDB2CC #CCCAB2 #B4CCB2

monochromatic

#7E689B #9D8DB4 #BDB2CC #DDD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BDB2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2CC

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2CC	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.038 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9db',
    500: '#bdb2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2cc;
$custom-light: #d1c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 20.313,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78093,
    "c": 0.03831,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2CC

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9F477A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2CC

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

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