#BDB2DA#BDB2DA

#BDB2DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.057 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2DA
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, 11.71, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 22.05, 302.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0266 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.057 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5590, 47.7214, 72.9163)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2DA #CFDAB2

analogous

#B2BBDA #BDB2DA #D1B2DA

triadic

#BDB2DA #DABDB2 #B2DABD

tetradic

#BDB2DA #DAB2BB #CFDAB2 #B2DAD1

square

#BDB2DA #DAB2BB #CFDAB2 #B2DAD1

split-complementary

#BDB2DA #DAD1B2 #BBDAB2

monochromatic

#765FB2 #9A89C6 #BDB2DA #E0DBEE #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BDB2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2DA

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2DA	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.057 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9e5',
    500: '#bdb2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2da;
$custom-light: #d1c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78589,
    "c": 0.05729,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2DA

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#AE388D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2DA

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

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