#BDB4CE#BDB4CE

#BDB4CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.038 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4CE
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 8.14, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 14.47, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0196 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.038 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4460, 47.9175, 65.0773)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4CE #C5CEB4

analogous

#B4B8CE #BDB4CE #CAB4CE

triadic

#BDB4CE #CEBDB4 #B4CEBD

tetradic

#BDB4CE #CEB4B8 #C5CEB4 #B4CECA

square

#BDB4CE #CEB4B8 #C5CEB4 #B4CECA

split-complementary

#BDB4CE #CECAB4 #B8CEB4

monochromatic

#7C6A9E #9C8FB6 #BDB4CE #DED9E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4CE

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4CE	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.038 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cadd',
    500: '#bdb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4ce;
$custom-light: #d1cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78558,
    "c": 0.03767,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4680

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4CE

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

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