#BDB2D4#BDB2D4

#BDB2D4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.049 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2D4
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 212)
HSL	hsl(259, 28%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 16%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 16%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 10.45, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 18.87, 303.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% 0.0246 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.049 300)
XYZ	xyz(48.7880, 47.4130, 68.8559)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2D4 #C9D4B2

analogous

#B2B8D4 #BDB2D4 #CEB2D4

triadic

#BDB2D4 #D4BDB2 #B2D4BD

tetradic

#BDB2D4 #D4B2B8 #C9D4B2 #B2D4CE

square

#BDB2D4 #D4B2B8 #C9D4B2 #B2D4CE

split-complementary

#BDB2D4 #D4CEB2 #B8D4B2

monochromatic

#7A63A8 #9B8BBE #BDB2D4 #DFD9EA #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BDB2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2D4

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2D4	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.049 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9e1',
    500: '#bdb2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2d4;
$custom-light: #d1c9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 28.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78372,
    "c": 0.04909,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.47413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2D4

secondary

#E7EBE0

accent

#A73F85

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2D4

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

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