#BDB3CA#BDB3CA

#BDB3CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.034 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3CA
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(266, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 7.88, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 13.01, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% 0.0196 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.034 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7651, 47.3234, 62.4836)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3CA #C0CAB3

analogous

#B3B5CA #BDB3CA #C9B3CA

triadic

#BDB3CA #CABDB3 #B3CABD

tetradic

#BDB3CA #CAB3B5 #C0CAB3 #B3CAC9

square

#BDB3CA #CAB3B5 #C0CAB3 #B3CAC9

split-complementary

#BDB3CA #CAC9B3 #B5CAB3

monochromatic

#7E6B98 #9E8FB1 #BDB3CA #DCD7E3 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BDB3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3CA

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3CA	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)

#AFB7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.034 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9da',
    500: '#bdb3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ca;
$custom-light: #d1c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 17.829,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78224,
    "c": 0.03398,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4978

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3CA

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

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