#BDB3CF#BDB3CF

#BDB3CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.041 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3CF
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(261, 23%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 8.89, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 15.62, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.0214 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.041 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3667, 47.5640, 65.6521)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3CF #C5CFB3

analogous

#B3B7CF #BDB3CF #CBB3CF

triadic

#BDB3CF #CFBDB3 #B3CFBD

tetradic

#BDB3CF #CFB3B7 #C5CFB3 #B3CFCB

square

#BDB3CF #CFB3B7 #C5CFB3 #B3CFCB

split-complementary

#BDB3CF #CFCBB3 #B7CFB3

monochromatic

#7C68A0 #9C8DB7 #BDB3CF #DED9E7 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BDB3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3CF

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3CF	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.041 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9dd',
    500: '#bdb3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3cf;
$custom-light: #d1c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 22.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78394,
    "c": 0.04067,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3CF

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A14480

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3CF

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

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