#BDB5C8#BDB5C8

#BDB5C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.028 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5C8
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 6.40, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 10.71, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0159 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.028 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9336, 48.0368, 61.3792)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5C8 #C0C8B5

analogous

#B5B7C8 #BDB5C8 #C7B5C8

triadic

#BDB5C8 #C8BDB5 #B5C8BD

tetradic

#BDB5C8 #C8B5B7 #C0C8B5 #B5C8C7

square

#BDB5C8 #C8B5B7 #C0C8B5 #B5C8C7

split-complementary

#BDB5C8 #C8C7B5 #B7C8B5

monochromatic

#7E6F94 #9E92AE #BDB5C8 #DCD8E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BDB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5C8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5C8	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.028 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbd8',
    500: '#bdb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5c8;
$custom-light: #d0cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 14.729,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78557,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#994D79

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5C8

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

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