#BDB3DB#BDB3DB

#BDB3DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.057 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3DB
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(255, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, 11.37, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 21.97, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0255 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.057 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8899, 48.1733, 73.6741)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3DB #D1DBB3

analogous

#B3BDDB #BDB3DB #D1B3DB

triadic

#BDB3DB #DBBDB3 #B3DBBD

tetradic

#BDB3DB #DBB3BD #D1DBB3 #B3DBD1

square

#BDB3DB #DBB3BD #D1DBB3 #B3DBD1

split-complementary

#BDB3DB #DBD1B3 #BDDBB3

monochromatic

#7560B4 #9989C7 #BDB3DB #E1DDEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3DB

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3DB	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.057 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9e6',
    500: '#bdb3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3db;
$custom-light: #d1c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78821,
    "c": 0.05706,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3DB

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3791

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3DB

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

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