#BDB3C8#BDB3C8

#BDB3C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.031 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3C8
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, 7.49, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 11.97, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0189 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.031 307)
XYZ	xyz(47.5299, 47.2293, 61.2446)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3C8 #BEC8B3

analogous

#B3B4C8 #BDB3C8 #C8B3C8

triadic

#BDB3C8 #C8BDB3 #B3C8BD

tetradic

#BDB3C8 #C8B3B4 #BEC8B3 #B3C8C8

square

#BDB3C8 #C8B3B4 #BEC8B3 #B3C8C8

split-complementary

#BDB3C8 #C8C8B3 #B4C8B3

monochromatic

#7F6C95 #9E8FAE #BDB3C8 #DCD7E2 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BDB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3C8

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3C8	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.031 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d8',
    500: '#bdb3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3c8;
$custom-light: #d0c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 16.031,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78158,
    "c": 0.03134,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.47229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4B75

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3C8

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

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