#BDB5CE#BDB5CE

#BDB5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.036 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5CE
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(259, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 7.60, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 13.85, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0181 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.036 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6486, 48.3228, 65.1448)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5CE #C6CEB5

analogous

#B5B9CE #BDB5CE #C9B5CE

triadic

#BDB5CE #CEBDB5 #B5CEBD

tetradic

#BDB5CE #CEB5B9 #C6CEB5 #B5CEC9

square

#BDB5CE #CEB5B9 #C6CEB5 #B5CEC9

split-complementary

#BDB5CE #CEC9B5 #B9CEB5

monochromatic

#7B6B9D #9C90B6 #BDB5CE #DEDAE6 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BDB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5CE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5CE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.036 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbdd',
    500: '#bdb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5ce;
$custom-light: #d1cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.03603,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4783

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5CE

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

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