#BDB6DB#BDB6DB

#BDB6DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.052 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6DB
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, 9.74, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 20.16, 298.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% 0.0212 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.052 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4977, 49.3889, 73.8767)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6DB #D4DBB6

analogous

#B6C1DB #BDB6DB #CFB6DB

triadic

#BDB6DB #DBBDB6 #B6DBBD

tetradic

#BDB6DB #DBB6C1 #D4DBB6 #B6DBCF

square

#BDB6DB #DBB6C1 #D4DBB6 #B6DBCF

split-complementary

#BDB6DB #DBCFB6 #C1DBB6

monochromatic

#7364B3 #988DC7 #BDB6DB #E2DFEF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BDB6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6DB

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6DB	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.052 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbe6',
    500: '#bdb6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6db;
$custom-light: #d1cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 33.945,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79411,
    "c": 0.05236,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6DB

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AD3997

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6DB

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

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