#BDB2D3#BDB2D3

#BDB2D3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.048 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2D3
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 211)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 16%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 10.25, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 18.35, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.0242 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.048 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6623, 47.3627, 68.1937)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2D3 #C8D3B2

analogous

#B2B8D3 #BDB2D3 #CEB2D3

triadic

#BDB2D3 #D3BDB2 #B2D3BD

tetradic

#BDB2D3 #D3B2B8 #C8D3B2 #B2D3CE

square

#BDB2D3 #D3B2B8 #C8D3B2 #B2D3CE

split-complementary

#BDB2D3 #D3CEB2 #B8D3B2

monochromatic

#7A64A6 #9C8BBD #BDB2D3 #DED9E9 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB2D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDB2D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2D3

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2D3	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.048 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9e0',
    500: '#bdb2d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2d3;
$custom-light: #d1c9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78336,
    "c": 0.04773,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2D3

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A64084

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2D3

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

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