#BDB7C8#BDB7C8

#BDB7C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.025 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7C8
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(261, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 5.32, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 9.46, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.013 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.025 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3432, 48.8559, 61.5157)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7C8 #C2C8B7

analogous

#B7B9C8 #BDB7C8 #C5B7C8

triadic

#BDB7C8 #C8BDB7 #B7C8BD

tetradic

#BDB7C8 #C8B7B9 #C2C8B7 #B7C8C5

square

#BDB7C8 #C8B7B9 #C2C8B7 #B7C8C5

split-complementary

#BDB7C8 #C8C5B7 #B9C8B7

monochromatic

#7D7293 #9D94AD #BDB7C8 #DDDAE3 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BDB7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7C8

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7C8	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.025 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccd8',
    500: '#bdb7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7c8;
$custom-light: #d0ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 13.386,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78959,
    "c": 0.02462,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#984E7E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7C8

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

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