#BDB3CE#BDB3CE

#BDB3CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.039 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3CE
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(262, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, 8.68, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 15.09, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% 0.021 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.039 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2449, 47.5153, 65.0103)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3CE #C4CEB3

analogous

#B3B6CE #BDB3CE #CAB3CE

triadic

#BDB3CE #CEBDB3 #B3CEBD

tetradic

#BDB3CE #CEB3B6 #C4CEB3 #B3CECA

square

#BDB3CE #CEB3B6 #C4CEB3 #B3CECA

split-complementary

#BDB3CE #CECAB3 #B6CEB3

monochromatic

#7C699E #9D8EB6 #BDB3CE #DDD8E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BDB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3CE

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3CE	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.039 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9dd',
    500: '#bdb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ce;
$custom-light: #d1c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 21.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7836,
    "c": 0.03933,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3CE

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A0457E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3CE

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

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