#BDB5CA#BDB5CA

#BDB5CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.031 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5CA
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(263, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 6.80, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 11.75, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0167 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.031 303)
XYZ	xyz(48.1689, 48.1309, 62.6182)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5CA #C2CAB5

analogous

#B5B8CA #BDB5CA #C7B5CA

triadic

#BDB5CA #CABDB5 #B5CABD

tetradic

#BDB5CA #CAB5B8 #C2CAB5 #B5CAC7

square

#BDB5CA #CAB5B8 #C2CAB5 #B5CAC7

split-complementary

#BDB5CA #CAC7B5 #B8CAB5

monochromatic

#7D6E97 #9D91B0 #BDB5CA #DDD9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5CA

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5CA	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.031 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbda',
    500: '#bdb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5ca;
$custom-light: #d0cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 16.535,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78623,
    "c": 0.03062,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.48131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5CA

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B7C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5CA

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

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