#BDB6CA#BDB6CA

#BDB6CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.029 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6CA
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 16%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 6.25, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 11.13, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0152 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.029 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3729, 48.5390, 62.6862)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6CA #C3CAB6

analogous

#B6B9CA #BDB6CA #C7B6CA

triadic

#BDB6CA #CABDB6 #B6CABD

tetradic

#BDB6CA #CAB6B9 #C3CAB6 #B6CAC7

square

#BDB6CA #CAB6B9 #C3CAB6 #B6CAC7

split-complementary

#BDB6CA #CAC7B6 #B9CAB6

monochromatic

#7D6F97 #9D93B0 #BDB6CA #DDD9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BDB6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6CA

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6CA	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.029 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbda',
    500: '#bdb6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6ca;
$custom-light: #d0cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.02896,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6CA

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4B7F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6CA

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

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