#BDB5CC#BDB5CC

#BDB5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.033 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5CC
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 7.19, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 12.80, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0174 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.033 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4072, 48.2262, 63.8734)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5CC #C4CCB5

analogous

#B5B8CC #BDB5CC #C8B5CC

triadic

#BDB5CC #CCBDB5 #B5CCBD

tetradic

#BDB5CC #CCB5B8 #C4CCB5 #B5CCC8

square

#BDB5CC #CCB5B8 #C4CCB5 #B5CCC8

split-complementary

#BDB5CC #CCC8B5 #B8CCB5

monochromatic

#7C6D9A #9D91B3 #BDB5CC #DDD9E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5CC

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5CC	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.033 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbdb',
    500: '#bdb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5cc;
$custom-light: #d1cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7869,
    "c": 0.03331,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5CC

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4980

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5CC

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

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