#BDB6CD#BDB6CD

#BDB6CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.033 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6CD
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 6.85, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 12.71, 302.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0163 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.033 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7316, 48.6824, 64.5751)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6CD #C6CDB6

analogous

#B6BACD #BDB6CD #C8B6CD

triadic

#BDB6CD #CDBDB6 #B6CDBD

tetradic

#BDB6CD #CDB6BA #C6CDB6 #B6CDC8

square

#BDB6CD #CDB6BA #C6CDB6 #B6CDC8

split-complementary

#BDB6CD #CDC8B6 #BACDB6

monochromatic

#7B6D9B #9C92B4 #BDB6CD #DEDAE6 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BDB6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6CD

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6CD	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.033 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbdc',
    500: '#bdb6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6cd;
$custom-light: #d1cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 18.699,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78923,
    "c": 0.03304,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4883

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6CD

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

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