#BDB5CD#BDB5CD

#BDB5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.035 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5CD
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 7.39, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 13.32, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0177 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.035 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5275, 48.2743, 64.5071)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5CD #C5CDB5

analogous

#B5B9CD #BDB5CD #C9B5CD

triadic

#BDB5CD #CDBDB5 #B5CDBD

tetradic

#BDB5CD #CDB5B9 #C5CDB5 #B5CDC9

square

#BDB5CD #CDB5B9 #C5CDB5 #B5CDC9

split-complementary

#BDB5CD #CDC9B5 #B9CDB5

monochromatic

#7C6C9C #9C90B4 #BDB5CD #DEDAE6 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BDB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5CD

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5CD	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)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.035 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbdc',
    500: '#bdb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5cd;
$custom-light: #d1cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.03467,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4881

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5CD

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

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