#BDB6CB#BDB6CB

#BDB6CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.030 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6CB
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(260, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 6.45, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 11.65, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% 0.0156 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.03 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4917, 48.5865, 63.3118)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6CB #C4CBB6

analogous

#B6B9CB #BDB6CB #C7B6CB

triadic

#BDB6CB #CBBDB6 #B6CBBD

tetradic

#BDB6CB #CBB6B9 #C4CBB6 #B6CBC7

square

#BDB6CB #CBB6B9 #C4CBB6 #B6CBC7

split-complementary

#BDB6CB #CBC7B6 #B9CBB6

monochromatic

#7C6F98 #9D92B2 #BDB6CB #DDDAE4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDB6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6CB

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6CB	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.030 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbda',
    500: '#bdb6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6cb;
$custom-light: #d1cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 16.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78856,
    "c": 0.03032,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6CB

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4A80

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6CB

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

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