#BDB4DC#BDB4DC

#BDB4DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.057 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4DC
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(254, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, 11.04, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 21.90, 300.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0244 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.057 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2231, 48.6284, 74.4366)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4DC #D3DCB4

analogous

#B4BFDC #BDB4DC #D1B4DC

triadic

#BDB4DC #DCBDB4 #B4DCBD

tetradic

#BDB4DC #DCB4BF #D3DCB4 #B4DCD1

square

#BDB4DC #DCB4BF #D3DCB4 #B4DCD1

split-complementary

#BDB4DC #DCD1B4 #BFDCB4

monochromatic

#7461B5 #988AC9 #BDB4DC #E2DEEF #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BDB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4DC

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4DC	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.057 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cae7',
    500: '#bdb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4dc;
$custom-light: #d1cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79054,
    "c": 0.05687,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4DC

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3694

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4DC

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

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