#BDB2CD#BDB2CD

#BDB2CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.040 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2CD
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, 9.03, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 15.20, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% 0.0221 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.04 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9241, 47.0674, 64.3060)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2CD #C2CDB2

analogous

#B2B5CD #BDB2CD #CAB2CD

triadic

#BDB2CD #CDBDB2 #B2CDBD

tetradic

#BDB2CD #CDB2B5 #C2CDB2 #B2CDCA

square

#BDB2CD #CDB2B5 #C2CDB2 #B2CDCA

split-complementary

#BDB2CD #CDCAB2 #B5CDB2

monochromatic

#7D689D #9D8DB5 #BDB2CD #DDD7E5 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BDB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2CD

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2CD	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.040 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9dc',
    500: '#bdb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2cd;
$custom-light: #d1c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.03965,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2CD

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A0467B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2CD

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

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