#BDB4CD#BDB4CD

#BDB4CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.036 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4CD
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(262, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, 7.94, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 13.94, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0192 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.036 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3249, 47.8691, 64.4396)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4CD #C4CDB4

analogous

#B4B7CD #BDB4CD #C9B4CD

triadic

#BDB4CD #CDBDB4 #B4CDBD

tetradic

#BDB4CD #CDB4B7 #C4CDB4 #B4CDC9

square

#BDB4CD #CDB4B7 #C4CDB4 #B4CDC9

split-complementary

#BDB4CD #CDC9B4 #B7CDB4

monochromatic

#7C6B9C #9D8FB5 #BDB4CD #DDD9E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BDB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4CD

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4CD	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.036 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cadc',
    500: '#bdb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4cd;
$custom-light: #d1cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78524,
    "c": 0.03632,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4CD

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E477F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4CD

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

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