#BDB5CF#BDB5CF

#BDB5CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.037 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5CF
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, 7.80, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 14.38, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.0185 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.037 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7705, 48.3715, 65.7867)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5CF #C7CFB5

analogous

#B5BACF #BDB5CF #CAB5CF

triadic

#BDB5CF #CFBDB5 #B5CFBD

tetradic

#BDB5CF #CFB5BA #C7CFB5 #B5CFCA

square

#BDB5CF #CFB5BA #C7CFB5 #B5CFCA

split-complementary

#BDB5CF #CFCAB5 #BACFB5

monochromatic

#7B6B9F #9C90B7 #BDB5CF #DEDAE7 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BDB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5CF

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5CF	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.037 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbdd',
    500: '#bdb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5cf;
$custom-light: #d1cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78791,
    "c": 0.03739,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5CF

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04684

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5CF

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

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