#BDB2D2#BDB2D2

#BDB2D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.046 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2D2
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 210)
HSL	hsl(261, 26%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 10.04, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 17.82, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% 0.0239 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.046 301)
XYZ	xyz(48.5373, 47.3127, 67.5355)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2D2 #C7D2B2

analogous

#B2B7D2 #BDB2D2 #CDB2D2

triadic

#BDB2D2 #D2BDB2 #B2D2BD

tetradic

#BDB2D2 #D2B2B7 #C7D2B2 #B2D2CD

square

#BDB2D2 #D2B2B7 #C7D2B2 #B2D2CD

split-complementary

#BDB2D2 #D2CDB2 #B7D2B2

monochromatic

#7B65A5 #9C8BBB #BDB2D2 #DED9E9 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDB2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2D2

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2D2	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.046 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9df',
    500: '#bdb2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2d2;
$custom-light: #d1c9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 26.23,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.04638,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.47313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2D2

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A54182

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2D2

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

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