#BDB3CD#BDB3CD

#BDB3CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.038 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3CD
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(263, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, 8.48, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 14.57, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0207 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.038 303)
XYZ	xyz(48.1238, 47.4668, 64.3725)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3CD #C3CDB3

analogous

#B3B6CD #BDB3CD #CAB3CD

triadic

#BDB3CD #CDBDB3 #B3CDBD

tetradic

#BDB3CD #CDB3B6 #C3CDB3 #B3CDCA

square

#BDB3CD #CDB3B6 #C3CDB3 #B3CDCA

split-complementary

#BDB3CD #CDCAB3 #B6CDB3

monochromatic

#7D699C #9D8EB5 #BDB3CD #DDD8E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BDB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3CD

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3CD	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.038 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9dc',
    500: '#bdb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3cd;
$custom-light: #d1c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78326,
    "c": 0.03798,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.47467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3CD

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9F467D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3CD

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

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