#BDB5CB#BDB5CB

#BDB5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.032 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5CB
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 7.00, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 12.27, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.017 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.032 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2877, 48.1784, 63.2438)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5CB #C3CBB5

analogous

#B5B8CB #BDB5CB #C8B5CB

triadic

#BDB5CB #CBBDB5 #B5CBBD

tetradic

#BDB5CB #CBB5B8 #C3CBB5 #B5CBC8

square

#BDB5CB #CBB5B8 #C3CBB5 #B5CBC8

split-complementary

#BDB5CB #CBC8B5 #B8CBB5

monochromatic

#7D6D98 #9D91B2 #BDB5CB #DDD9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BDB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5CB

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5CB	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.032 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbda',
    500: '#bdb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5cb;
$custom-light: #d1cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78656,
    "c": 0.03197,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4A7E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5CB

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

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