#BDB3CB#BDB3CB

#BDB3CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3CB
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 8.08, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 13.53, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% 0.02 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8839, 47.3709, 63.1092)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3CB #C1CBB3

analogous

#B3B5CB #BDB3CB #C9B3CB

triadic

#BDB3CB #CBBDB3 #B3CBBD

tetradic

#BDB3CB #CBB3B5 #C1CBB3 #B3CBC9

square

#BDB3CB #CBB3B5 #C1CBB3 #B3CBC9

split-complementary

#BDB3CB #CBC9B3 #B5CBB3

monochromatic

#7E6A99 #9D8FB2 #BDB3CB #DDD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDB3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3CB

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3CB	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9da',
    500: '#bdb3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3cb;
$custom-light: #d1c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D487A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3CB

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

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