#BDB4CC#BDB4CC

#BDB4CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.035 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4CC
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(263, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 7.74, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 13.42, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.0189 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.035 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2046, 47.8210, 63.8059)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4CC #C3CCB4

analogous

#B4B7CC #BDB4CC #C9B4CC

triadic

#BDB4CC #CCBDB4 #B4CCBD

tetradic

#BDB4CC #CCB4B7 #C3CCB4 #B4CCC9

square

#BDB4CC #CCB4B7 #C3CCB4 #B4CCC9

split-complementary

#BDB4CC #CCC9B4 #B7CCB4

monochromatic

#7D6B9A #9D90B3 #BDB4CC #DDD8E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BDB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4CC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4CC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.035 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cadb',
    500: '#bdb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4cc;
$custom-light: #d1cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78491,
    "c": 0.03497,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4CC

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D487D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4CC

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

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