#BDB3DA#BDB3DA

#BDB3DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.056 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3DA
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 11.16, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 21.44, 301.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% 0.0252 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.056 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7587, 48.1208, 72.9829)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3DA #D0DAB3

analogous

#B3BCDA #BDB3DA #D0B3DA

triadic

#BDB3DA #DABDB3 #B3DABD

tetradic

#BDB3DA #DAB3BC #D0DAB3 #B3DAD0

square

#BDB3DA #DAB3BC #D0DAB3 #B3DAD0

split-complementary

#BDB3DA #DAD0B3 #BCDAB3

monochromatic

#7661B2 #998AC6 #BDB3DA #E1DCEE #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BDB3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3DA

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3DA	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.056 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9e5',
    500: '#bdb3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3da;
$custom-light: #d1c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 34.513,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78784,
    "c": 0.05569,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3DA

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AD388F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3DA

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

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