#BDB3CC#BDB3CC

#BDB3CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.037 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3CC
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(264, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, 8.28, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 14.05, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% 0.0203 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.037 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0035, 47.4187, 63.7388)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3CC #C2CCB3

analogous

#B3B5CC #BDB3CC #C9B3CC

triadic

#BDB3CC #CCBDB3 #B3CCBD

tetradic

#BDB3CC #CCB3B5 #C2CCB3 #B3CCC9

square

#BDB3CC #CCB3B5 #C2CCB3 #B3CCC9

split-complementary

#BDB3CC #CCC9B3 #B5CCB3

monochromatic

#7D6A9B #9D8EB3 #BDB3CC #DDD8E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BDB3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3CC

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3CC	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)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.037 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9db',
    500: '#bdb3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3cc;
$custom-light: #d1c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 19.685,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78292,
    "c": 0.03664,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3CC

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E477B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3CC

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

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