#BDB5D2#BDB5D2

#BDB5D2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.042 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5D2
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(257, 24%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, 8.41, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 15.97, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0195 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.042 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1407, 48.5196, 67.7366)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5D2 #CAD2B5

analogous

#B5BCD2 #BDB5D2 #CCB5D2

triadic

#BDB5D2 #D2BDB5 #B5D2BD

tetradic

#BDB5D2 #D2B5BC #CAD2B5 #B5D2CC

square

#BDB5D2 #D2B5BC #CAD2B5 #B5D2CC

split-complementary

#BDB5D2 #D2CCB5 #BCD2B5

monochromatic

#7969A4 #9B8FBB #BDB5D2 #DFDBE9 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BDB5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5D2

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5D2	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.042 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbdf',
    500: '#bdb5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5d2;
$custom-light: #d1cbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 24.37,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78894,
    "c": 0.0415,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5D2

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A34388

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5D2

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

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