#BDB6CF#BDB6CF

#BDB6CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.036 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6CF
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(257, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(257, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 7.25, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 13.77, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.017 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.036 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9746, 48.7796, 65.8547)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6CF #C8CFB6

analogous

#B6BCCF #BDB6CF #CAB6CF

triadic

#BDB6CF #CFBDB6 #B6CFBD

tetradic

#BDB6CF #CFB6BC #C8CFB6 #B6CFCA

square

#BDB6CF #CFB6BC #C8CFB6 #B6CFCA

split-complementary

#BDB6CF #CFCAB6 #BCCFB6

monochromatic

#7A6C9E #9C91B7 #BDB6CF #DEDBE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BDB6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6CF

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6CF	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.036 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbdd',
    500: '#bdb6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6cf;
$custom-light: #d1cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 20.661,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78991,
    "c": 0.03578,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6CF

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4686

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6CF

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

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